There’ something refreshing about hard SF. The writers whom I admired (and still do to a lesser extent) didn’t care about literary skills - their characters were one dimensional, the plots were linear and the pacing and dialog was pedestrian - but that’s because these stories weren’t about people but about ideas.
Second Contact Part II
Second Contact Part II
Second Contact Part II
There’ something refreshing about hard SF. The writers whom I admired (and still do to a lesser extent) didn’t care about literary skills - their characters were one dimensional, the plots were linear and the pacing and dialog was pedestrian - but that’s because these stories weren’t about people but about ideas.