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Old 02-08-2021, 09:45 AM   #7179 (permalink)
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But the problem was the politics not just a simple failure to keep you engaged? I like him but definitely consider him a cut way below Clarke. Not because of politics but rather I’m just not as intensely engaged. I actually felt like the propaganda was a plus. Put some spice on an otherwise kind of meandering story. Even on Starship Troopers I sometimes felt like are these guys going to actually start doing ****?

That said overall I like him a lot. Bat loves him.
The issue was that the plot drifted into lame, ridiculous new age nonsense. I'm not political enough to be turned away by an otherwise good book just because I disagree with the politics or it is dated in that regard. This was just an additional thing that bothered me and not even that much.
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