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What makes a great sci-fi story?
(lemmy.world)
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I generally need both good characters and an interesting idea that is explored with enough touches on real world stuff that when I'm asked to suspend disbelief, I can.
I struggle with dry writing/dry characters (Heinlein is the only "golden age" SFF author I can stand because his characters are at least colorful), but I also struggle when obvious fixes/problems with a plot or idea are not addressed or thought of. I'm not even all that hardcore with "real science"--I just want writers to fix the low hanging fruit sometimes.