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21asdffdsa12 21 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Blindsight (Watts Novel)

Well, the paper-cut-out- deus-ex-machina breaking the immersion is real and despised, rightfully so.

Where would you rank https://revelationspace.fandom.com/wiki/Dan_Sylveste - who is literally infested by a plot-device?

matthewdgreen 20 days ago [–]

I loved that book, but Alastair Reynolds cannot write normal human beings to save his life. He's probably the worst offender.

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