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wayrad · 11-10-2009, 08:29 AM

That reminds me, does anybody else feel irked when an author invents a society to illustrate his/her theories about how things should work, then makes the characters constantly point to how well such a society works in the novel as "evidence"? It always makes me wish I could deduct points or something.

(edited to add: L. Neil Smith is another good example of this.)

11-10-2009, 08:29 AM	#76
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	That reminds me, does anybody else feel irked when an author invents a society to illustrate his/her theories about how things should work, then makes the characters constantly point to how well such a society works in the novel as "evidence"? It always makes me wish I could deduct points or something. (edited to add: L. Neil Smith is another good example of this.) Last edited by wayrad; 11-10-2009 at 08:35 AM.