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submitted 10 months ago by oceaniceternity@sakurajima.moe to c/bookstadon@a.gup.pe

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I just finished The Thousand Earths by S. Baxter. It was very, very good. It explored a breadth of settings that was stitched together by brief interludes of a 22nd century traveler. While I enjoyed it and thought it well constructed and excellently laid out, I was saddened by how setting driven it was, as opposed to character driven.

Never thought the day would come where I wanted to read about a love plot in my scifi.

That said why does it seem like so many books are about humanity at the heat death of the universe? That's what my last scifi book was on too...

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[–] Salty@mastodon.nz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@oceaniceternity@sakurajima.moe @bookstadon@a.gup.pe

“ why does it seem like so many books are about humanity at the heat death of the universe?”

Glances briefly at, well, everything

I suppose you got to write what you know

[–] oceaniceternity@sakurajima.moe 1 points 10 months ago

@Salty@mastodon.nz @bookstadon@a.gup.pe Lmao yeah. I did think it was a really good metaphor for climate change and reactions to it. Especially for exploring social change in the face of such drastic environmental changes.

Unfortunately, there the similarity stops. I believe I would be somewhat unhappy being a simulation in a computer.

[–] Chrisosaur@mstdn.ca 1 points 10 months ago

@oceaniceternity@sakurajima.moe @bookstadon@a.gup.pe that’s Baxter. Great ideas but can’t bring his characters to life. Working with Pratchett really helped in that department in the Long Earth series.