My Problem With SF

[poliphilo]

Once again I pick up an SF novel (in this case Ian M Banks' Excession) only to be reminded that I don't like SF novels because everyone in them is so boring.  I don't think it can be an inflexible rule of the genre that real people and space ships don't mix because Wells breaks it- but where are  the other SF writers who give you characters you can care about?

Comments

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

I don't generally read SF, though I have written it (hard SF only, not into space opera) but one book I did like was called To Hold Infinity - it had a protagonist who was a Japanese old lady and she was cool! And the code bits are plausible, which for me is important.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Of course now I think of it, technological advances have made that novel almost out of date, but only almost!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

A little old lady protagonist sounds interesting...