CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 days agoLeast favorite book?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareultranaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoAre you sure it wasn’t set in Scotland? Charlie Stross wrote a novel a bit like you describe, its in the second person, which is very unusual and definitely rubs some people the wrong way. I think it was Halting State.
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoHalting State was great. It actually took me a couple of chapters to realize it was all 2nd person. That’s the book that got me into Stross.
Are you sure it wasn’t set in Scotland? Charlie Stross wrote a novel a bit like you describe, its in the second person, which is very unusual and definitely rubs some people the wrong way. I think it was Halting State.
Halting State was great. It actually took me a couple of chapters to realize it was all 2nd person. That’s the book that got me into Stross.