I’d say the, ahem, borrowings from The Seven Samurai were quite blatant, via the rightfully forgotten Battle Beyond the Stars
I’d say the, ahem, borrowings from The Seven Samurai were quite blatant, via the rightfully forgotten Battle Beyond the Stars
Zero interest given that Cixin Liu is an apologist for the CCP’s genocide in Xinjiang.
It’s because the snobbery of English teachers puts Socialist Realusm literary fiction above everything else.
Ursula Le Guin’s “On Serious Literature” springs to mind:
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/on-serious-literature
Why this child abuse must be perpetrated to appease a coterie of critics eludes me.
I’d say The Expanse has revisited many of those themes, better.
I’m not sure how valid that criticism is. Reddit’s search is abysmal as well, doesn’t seem to have hurt them.
This line is priceless: