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The whole thing of Steve as a stalker, and there's really no other word for it, is beyond creepy for me, and I'm not comfortable with it portrayed as acceptable and normal behaviour. I'm also not really buying into the whole alternate world and the technology levels, frankly. Perhaps I'm too wedded to the keyboard as an interface, at least at the beginning of computer technology, but I'm just not seeing the apparent leap past it to a functioning voice interface (20 years ago!). Especially since the described voice interface is way less efficient at some things than a keyboard. And this alternate world DID have typewriters as a known precursor.
As for the question of alternate histories? I've read a few over the years, but honestly, the only one that I actually could accept and believe in is the universe created by Eric Flint in his 1632 series. Now that was well researched, consistent with know facts, and believable, given the suspension of disbelief for the actual event.
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