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Many of the items described above at different times. Also:
1. A book so relentlessly demoralizing that if I were a character I would kill myself. Most obvious memory is "Solaris"by Stanislaw Lem. (I understand that this might be made worse by an inadequate translation, but still...)
2. The latest fad piled on higher and deeper. Almost any subject that has been done too many times, and this one does not have something new or particularly well done that calls to me. I'm tired of vampires and such, there are stories I still read but new ones have a high bar to jump.
3. Too obvious political message, without enough story to cover or support it. Much can be forgiven if the story is well written, but especially at the beginning of a story, don't hit me with too much unsupported politics.
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