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Science fiction writer John Scalzi discusses his novel 'Monsters of Ohio' (www.npr.org)
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[–] 2 points 2 days ago* (3 children)

Kaiju is like reading a popcorn flick, it knows what it's about and leans into it which I appreciated. Plus it makes a lot more sense when you read the afterword (spoiler: he wrote it during the covid-19 pandemic). Yeah, I think you've surmised his writing style and approach perfectly!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Did you ever read Red Shirts? I put it off for a long time because it sounds so dumb (essentially the side people in a Star Trek-like universe figuring out that they're treated as expendable), but it's actually great.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I've not yet, I'd heard about it and then became more interested to read it after I watched a bit of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Now it's a matter of getting to it in my tbr 😅, glad to hear you enjoyed it -- that bodes well!

    Unrelated digression about another thread of ours:

    I watched the Klara and the Sun movie, and damn that was weird in a disappointing way.

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