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jessaustin on Nov 1, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bringing Chinese Science Fiction to the West

Flat characters are also a regular feature of sci-fi, so Chinese sci-fi may be getting the a double dose of flat...

For example, read most things by Asimov or Herbert. Although I enjoy good characterization, lots of sci-fi works fine without it.

zem on Nov 1, 2016 [–]

agreed. i found liu cixin very reminiscent of arthur c clarke, both the good parts and the bad.

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