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Sad_King_Billy-19 t1_ivtj68g wrote

I think sci-fi, or at least classic sci-fi, is better in shorter format. I read the rest of the novellas in the series and loved them. when I got to full length novel it never really grabbed me like the others had.

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chiffed t1_ivtoi5b wrote

Many of my faves from the Golden age and beyond are shorter format. I don't always want to dive into a Niel Stephenson doorstop. Murderbot is lovely.

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see-bees t1_ivtz8io wrote

Just stop reading 3/4 of the way through the Stephenson doorstops and you’ll enjoy them a lot more.

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chiffed t1_ivug8ry wrote

Did that with Dodge in H. Worked great.

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WeTheSalty t1_ivtrwme wrote

>when I got to full length novel it never really grabbed me like the others had.

Same. It was good, but it didn't feel like a part of the story. The first four novella are all kind of connected and complete an overall story. You could probably stitch them together and call it a long novel. The novel just feels kind of "extra" as does the novella that comes after it.

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Gadwynllas t1_ivtu0u1 wrote

Yeah I get that. The novellas get to keep introducing new things and people and guilt and they have incredible pacing. By the time the novel hits you know a lot of the world and characters and there’s less “new”, so there’s slower pacing and more in depth world building. Or maybe not in depth, but, broader? I dug the novel, but agree the pacing is very different

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