Asimov novels are 90% stilted expository dialogue punctuated by tepid action. Yet they somehow work. Why? I think sheer conceptual ambition.
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Replying to @vgr
They defined a genre. Similar to Doc Smith earlier. As space opera? It stinks. But it was the first fumblings towards greatness
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It doesn't stink! Psychohistory is still one of the finest operatic plot devices ever!
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Replying to @vgr
Oh, poorly referenced pronoun on my part. Doc Smith and the Skylark/Lensmen. But still, big bold vision. Negaspheres, converting suns...
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