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DOOD WHAT IF THE AXIS WON LMAO

>> No.10975586

Kek, literally "nothing happens, oh and what if reality reeeeeeeeeeeeeally could be different, huh?" the book

>> No.10975642

>>10975576
Fuck off and offer an actual critique you pseudo. It's an interesting concept to explore.

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>>10975576
>this is a bad premise for a book
>IJ is a good premise for a book

>> No.10975672

>>10975649
stay mad genrefag

>> No.10975682

>>10975642
>interesting concept to explore
Yeah no shit, but this book is retarded.

>> No.10975691

>>10975682
And why is it retarded?
List out your actual criticism instead of having your argument be the equivalent of “DUDE WEED LMAO” posting

>> No.10975713

>>10975691
Worldbuilding was shit.
It gets boring in mid of the book.
Character development is shit and many historical characters apearing are inaccurate.

>> No.10975721

>>10975691
DUDE WHAT IF THE CHARACTERS IN THE ALTERNATIVE REALITY WORKED OUT THEY WERE IN THE FALSE REALITY AND THATS IT THE END LMAO

>> No.10975724

>>10975721
Also ^this

>> No.10975753

>>10975672
I ain’t even mad, it’s just embarrassing to see

>> No.10975755

>>10975753
not as embarrassing as reading dick

>> No.10975776
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>>10975755
name a better scifi author

>> No.10975787

>>10975776
Stanislaw Lem

>> No.10975790

>>10975776
There isn't one, unless you somehow classify Tolkien as "sci-fi."

>> No.10975797

>>10975642
>Explore

>> No.10975801

>>10975790
why would anyone classify Tolkien as sci-fi?

>> No.10975804

>>10975776
Lem

>> No.10975814

>>10975787
>>10975804
Doesn't count, he's Polish

>> No.10977761

>>10975721
>the false reality
Missing the point of the book this hard.

>> No.10977795

>>10977761
What is the point of the book according to you?

>> No.10977807

>>10977795
It's about taking the concept of reality for granted

>> No.10977865

>>10977795
Anon here
There are three realities described in the book (the one in the narrative, the book in book one, and the one in the japaness guy's vision).
The point of the book is that all of them are equally real in the terms of the narrative, and if you will, equally real with our own.

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>>10975776
At least pic related writes decent prose. Dick's word choice is just atrocious sometimes.

>> No.10978905

>>10975776
William Gibson

>> No.10979006

>>10975787
>>10975804
>watches Tarkovsky once

>> No.10979016

>>10975801
A lot of people think there shouldn't be a distinction between sci fi and fantasy

They're right

>> No.10979026

>>10975713
>x is shit
>im bored
>y is shit
>i'm a massive pedant
How was the latest Clive Cussler novel anon?

>> No.10979037

>>10979016
>a lot of people
>they're right
Both wrong

>> No.10980215

>>10975776
J.G. Ballard