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Re: Becky Chambers
Hopepunk….I hadn’t heard the word before. How are her books?
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I believe I read the lonely planet one, and thought it was okay. I wasn’t wild about it, and not highly motivated to pursue her. But maybe I should try one more just to see if that original take was sound. It wasn’t bad or offensive, it just didn’t grab me. I think it was a babbler some time ago.
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Re: Becky Chambers
Kokipy wrote:
I believe I read the lonely planet one, and thought it was okay. I wasn’t wild about it, and not highly motivated to pursue her. But maybe I should try one more just to see if that original take was sound. It wasn’t bad or offensive, it just didn’t grab me. I think it was a babbler some time ago.
My records tell me I read it in February 2016. I'm pretty sure it was a Babbler, and I recall having a similar reaction to Kokipy's. In fact, I think it was one of a number of books around at the time that caused me to have a bit of a rant about what I was perceiving to be a New New Space Opera sub-genre (micro-genre?) starting to manifest in SF publishing.
I also haven't seen the term hopepunk before, but I can think of a few writers who might also fit the label - assuming it's not just a marketing tag.
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Thanks, filed under For Later Review, assuming a larger body of work down the road
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