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Originally Posted by wayrad
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.) |
For me it depends.
I enjoyed reading _A Planet for Texans_.
On the other hand, there was a book I read a year or two ago with a similar premise (someone from earth ends up on a libertarian planet [where they eat spicy food] and learns private enterprise etc) which I could have sworn was from Baen and/or L. Neil Smith, that was a real stinker, but I can't find the title.
As long as the story is still entertaining, I'm willing to go along for the ride.
Edit: argh... I'm sure it was L. Neil Smith but I can't find anything in his bibliography that looks right. Can someone help me out?