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[–] 17 points 1 year ago

I loved Crichton, but goddamned does he over explain tech.

The log was a record of the system over the last few hours.

If readers may not be familiar, he could help them infer that from character actions or dialog.

"Well Wu? What's the log say the system's been doing over the last few hours?", said Arnold

Congo was maybe the worst for techsplaining. Still a great novel!

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