/lit/ - Literature

>reading Stranger in a Strange Land
>really enjoying its exploration of cultural differences and how our limited understanding of the universe shapes our perspective
>suddenly there's a random cutaway gag to heaven showing that there's an afterlife
>then Mike fucks off from all the interesting characters and becomes a carnie
I'm really struggling to pick the book up again, back to back two of the worst fucking decisions I've ever seen a writer make.