/lit/ - Literature

This is the most reddit slop I've ever read. Know nothing about physics, math or computer science, but want to write a book around them anyway? That's what this guy did, and it shows. The style is just meaningless (at least to the author) words words words, quantum fractal algorithm dimension event horizon, refuse to elaborate. The setting is part generic 90s, part futuristic cyberpunk where everything operates by advanced alien science (magic). The author mainly describes revolutionary scientific discoveries by stating the color of the glowy light, or in many cases the spooky liquid involved. Future programs are like spirits that can go anywhere and do anything.

Nearly every page at least an offhand mention of cooming, if not a full sex scene (but nothing truly erotic, I feel like it's meant to gross you out). The plot is straightforward and doesn't really end in any grand revelation that would justify the hours wasted reading this. The characters have no real personalities. A psychopathic researcher/killer obsessed with sex, a pilot who spent some time in a vr world and likes sex, a molested girl turned spaceship who hates sex but reluctantly ends up wanting sex anyway. Did I mention sex? I'm just so tired of it.

Anyway, usually I'm able to enjoy some aspect of a book. Maybe the dialogue is natural, or the themes are thought provoking, or the setting is interesting. Not with this book. Page by page I waited for it to get good, mostly stopped expecting any improvement at the 200 page mark, and finally just wanted to finish so that I could tell myself I 'beat' the book. Sometimes you shouldn't do that.

This book gives me insufferable reddit energy and I don't fully know why. Is this guy a pretentious hack or do I just not like scifi as much as I thought?