• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    Yeah, I just meant to say that Cixian Liu pulls some stuff that I would think out of place even in Asimov’s time.

    The only memorable “female” character that I can remember going outside what seems Liu’s preconceptions about women, is the alien murder-despot-robot controlled by the aliens.

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      7 months ago

      ooo boi… sexy alien murder bots?

      isn’t that like… a requirement for pulp scifi? (Dammit now I have to go read Murderbot again. the snark spoke to me.)