2011-04-05

ultranos: kino standing, staring ahead (always read the warning labels)
2011-04-05 03:31 pm
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Not exactly linkspam

How to Write a Generic Sci-Fi Novel by Paul McAuley.

Includes such gems as:

Also include either a kickass woman who can do the unacceptable things that would make your hero unlikeable, or a wise old soothsaying woman who speaks in parables and knows things that can’t be found on the internet. See also: sidekick comedy robot.

and "No matter how technologically advanced your future society might be, its sociology and economics are basically those of the seventeenth century."

It's really "generic TV/movie sci-fi", BUT YOU KNOW. I need to now go and find Paul McAuley's books.