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Re:Black Hole Propulsion as Technosignature by andrewflnr on Thursday March 07, 2019 @09:09PM (#19334549)
I guess I'm the only one who thought Blindsight's prose was delicious from front to back, then? I can see why people would think it's a little overdone, but I like that about it as well.
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Re:Black Hole Propulsion as Technosignature by asark on Thursday March 07, 2019 @09:18PM (#19334582)
Oh, no, the prose was fine. Did my post come off like I don't like the prose in Blindsight? I just didn't want anyone to think anything else about the book was similar to Stephenson's work at all—for one thing, Blindsight has an entire story that's fully plotted beginning to end, not just a bunch of amazing ideas and great first third that proceeds to go nowhere.

[EDIT] the action writing in Blindsight is particularly good, in fact. Some of the best I've read.

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