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Graeme Strachan
is 73% done
It is dragging a little.
Holsten’s constant waking up to a new nightmare situation where no-one explains what’s going on is now more than a little tiresome. Hanging a lampshade on it doesn’t help.
— 3 hours, 50 min ago
Holsten’s constant waking up to a new nightmare situation where no-one explains what’s going on is now more than a little tiresome. Hanging a lampshade on it doesn’t help.
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Graeme Strachan
is 51% done
I’m growing a little tired of the “then Holsten wakes up and no-one tells him what’s happening for 8 pages” as a story technique.
It lets Tchaikovsky explore some fun ideas in a Forever War sort of style, but it’s a bit… samey.
— Nov 02, 2026 05:03PM
It lets Tchaikovsky explore some fun ideas in a Forever War sort of style, but it’s a bit… samey.
Graeme Strachan
is on page 232 of 609
Both good and bad.
The world building is fantastic but I’m finding the characters and characterisations very flat and basic.
The storytelling is also rather… facile at points.
— Oct 01, 2026 05:55AM
The world building is fantastic but I’m finding the characters and characterisations very flat and basic.
The storytelling is also rather… facile at points.
Graeme Strachan
is on page 45 of 609
My first Tchaikovsky.
So far, it’s a lot of fun, but I’m surprised how… functional the writing is. It wouldn’t be fair to call it artless but it’s a lot of big ideas strung together with quite flat and basic prose and dialogue.
— Sep 13, 2026 03:56PM
So far, it’s a lot of fun, but I’m surprised how… functional the writing is. It wouldn’t be fair to call it artless but it’s a lot of big ideas strung together with quite flat and basic prose and dialogue.