#ArthurCClarke 's prose could most charitably be described as unassuming, and his attempts to write human characters and politics are not very convincing, and yet this story of first contact encountering a massive alien spacecraft still, somehow, reall...
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#ArthurCClarke 's prose could most charitably be described as unassuming, and his attempts to write human characters and politics are not very convincing, and yet this story of first contact encountering a massive alien spacecraft still, somehow, really works: Rama is such a memorable, mysterious, awe inspiring creation. #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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#ArthurCClarke 's prose could most charitably be described as unassuming, and his attempts to write human characters and politics are not very convincing, and yet this story of first contact encountering a massive alien spacecraft still, somehow, really works: Rama is such a memorable, mysterious, awe inspiring creation. #Bookstodon @bookstodon
Since he was writing about 50s army guys I just assumed that's how they were... kind of ... you know... wooden.
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Since he was writing about 50s army guys I just assumed that's how they were... kind of ... you know... wooden.
@futurebird @RanaldClouston @bookstodon
His writing of heterosexual men definitely fell into the “how do you do fellow straight manly men?” territory, like Holt on Brooklyn 99.
But yes, when will we get a true Rendezvous With Rama movie? One that isn’t somehow turned into a action-packed romp?
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@futurebird @RanaldClouston @bookstodon
His writing of heterosexual men definitely fell into the “how do you do fellow straight manly men?” territory, like Holt on Brooklyn 99.
But yes, when will we get a true Rendezvous With Rama movie? One that isn’t somehow turned into a action-packed romp?
@rk @futurebird @bookstodon "how do you do fellow straight manly men?” - the discussion of how breasts bounce on zero gravity is especially eye roll inducing.
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@rk @futurebird @bookstodon "how do you do fellow straight manly men?” - the discussion of how breasts bounce on zero gravity is especially eye roll inducing.
@RanaldClouston @rk @futurebird @bookstodon
Please don't get me started on Heinlein......
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@RanaldClouston @rk @futurebird @bookstodon
Please don't get me started on Heinlein......
@mycotropic @RanaldClouston @rk @futurebird @bookstodon Free* love, man.
*Terms and orientations may apply.
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@mycotropic @RanaldClouston @rk @futurebird @bookstodon Free* love, man.
*Terms and orientations may apply.
@WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @futurebird @bookstodon
I get that aspect, for me it's more about how all of the women characters he writes could be summed up as "guys with tits*" .
I absolutely loved Heinlein when I was a 14 year old kid, LOVED his books. Then I reread one in my late twenties and couldn't understand why the love didn't return. It took me a great deal of contemplation to discover that he was apparently writing FOR 14 year old boys. I guess that once you have friends who are a different gender/sex/orientation that the appeal fades.
*Huge ones that are always perky and never in the way.
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@WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @futurebird @bookstodon
I get that aspect, for me it's more about how all of the women characters he writes could be summed up as "guys with tits*" .
I absolutely loved Heinlein when I was a 14 year old kid, LOVED his books. Then I reread one in my late twenties and couldn't understand why the love didn't return. It took me a great deal of contemplation to discover that he was apparently writing FOR 14 year old boys. I guess that once you have friends who are a different gender/sex/orientation that the appeal fades.
*Huge ones that are always perky and never in the way.
@mycotropic @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon
You see this is why I like an Adrian Tchaikovsky book. He has a thing for mean old highly intelligent somewhat terrifying women.
A Thing.
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@mycotropic @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon
You see this is why I like an Adrian Tchaikovsky book. He has a thing for mean old highly intelligent somewhat terrifying women.
A Thing.
@futurebird @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon
I've never read that author, do you have a suggestion for where to start? I like series set in a universe with a purpose these days. I love the Sten series as an example, also The Night’s Dawn Trilogy by Peter Hamilton.
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@futurebird @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon
I've never read that author, do you have a suggestion for where to start? I like series set in a universe with a purpose these days. I love the Sten series as an example, also The Night’s Dawn Trilogy by Peter Hamilton.
@mycotropic @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon
I like most of the Adrian Tchaikovsky series, but I'm not certain what to recommended. Would you like more of a romp (he writes space pirates in a way) or something with a bit more meaning and depth?
What do the other people who read #AdrianTchaikovsky think?
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@mycotropic @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon
I like most of the Adrian Tchaikovsky series, but I'm not certain what to recommended. Would you like more of a romp (he writes space pirates in a way) or something with a bit more meaning and depth?
What do the other people who read #AdrianTchaikovsky think?
@futurebird @mycotropic @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon I’d be curious to know too! The only Tchaikovsky I’ve read is Doors of Eden, which was a very enjoyable yarn.
As for space opera that can be enjoyed by others than 14-year old boys (I have that same relationship to Heinlein — loved him as a teenager, loathed him as an adult), I most recently read the first two books of Bethany Jacob’s Kindom Trilogy. Most excellent page turner! Also, the Teixcalaan books by Arcady Martine are very good.
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@mycotropic @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon
I like most of the Adrian Tchaikovsky series, but I'm not certain what to recommended. Would you like more of a romp (he writes space pirates in a way) or something with a bit more meaning and depth?
What do the other people who read #AdrianTchaikovsky think?
@futurebird @mycotropic @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon I like both Peter Hamilton & Adrian Tschaikovsky, and I think Children of Time is a good book of his to start with, but if you want something shorter & simpler, his book Alien Clay is a great standalone novel.
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@futurebird @mycotropic @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon I like both Peter Hamilton & Adrian Tschaikovsky, and I think Children of Time is a good book of his to start with, but if you want something shorter & simpler, his book Alien Clay is a great standalone novel.
@superflippy @mycotropic @WhiteCatTamer @RanaldClouston @rk @bookstodon
Alien Clay has the most substance of his books and I was very impressed.
But don't assume he's always so serious. Many of his books are fun.
