(I know we've discussed this in person, but wotthehell archie wotthehell...)
Nagata?
Just say no.
To quote Marvin, "I've seen it, it's rubbish."
Vast: Incoherent, implausible, poorly written, poorly characterised, poorly plotted, loose and wandering, uninvolving, hard to follow and insufficiently interesting to make me want to.
I've read so many plaudits I leapt on the 1st copy I saw, at Octocon last year: a cheap 2nd hand import.
I doubt I will ever read her again. Took me a month of hard effort to finish it.
Just because it's hard to read doesn't mean it's deep.
Nagata?
Just say no.
To quote Marvin, "I've seen it, it's rubbish."
Vast: Incoherent, implausible, poorly written, poorly characterised, poorly plotted, loose and wandering, uninvolving, hard to follow and insufficiently interesting to make me want to.
I've read so many plaudits I leapt on the 1st copy I saw, at Octocon last year: a cheap 2nd hand import.
I doubt I will ever read her again. Took me a month of hard effort to finish it.
Just because it's hard to read doesn't mean it's deep.