@StephenKing provides the same advice around using "said" & avoiding adverbs like the plague in On Writing https://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816 … https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/03/13/stephen-king-on-adverbs/ …
Dream sci-fi book discovery algo: 1-Rank books by Goodreads-derived NPS 2-Filter by writing quality: - ratio of adverbs to other parts of speech (adverb use inversely correlated to quality of sci-fi writing) -ratio of "said" to "roared, snarled" etc Eliminate books like:pic.twitter.com/HmhTErSL0H
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“Prolific adverbs in sci-fi are the worst!” he roared angrily.
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But that trilogy was a fun read - do you have recent favorites? I’d say Seveneves still on top for me of late...
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I thought the first book was okay but the writing got more and more unbearable as the series went on.
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I would use that.
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