I feel like the natural length for sci-fi is the short story, and the economic incentives pushing everyone to write novels instead has really done sci-fi a disservice.
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greg egan is at his best at that length for sure
Oh I came here to say Greg Egan as a counterpoint lol. In his novels the ideas just keep coming, I love it
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do you enjoy reading them though? i tried getting into orthogonal or w/e it's called and i found the characters impossible to relate to compared to his short stories
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