A “signal from Fred” is a critique term, apparently, for when the author is aware at some level that what the characters are doing is stupid and makes no sense, and that awareness leaks out onto the page.
Fred is smart. You should listen to Fred.
A “signal from Fred” is a critique term, apparently, for when the author is aware at some level that what the…
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Related: Walter Jon Williams wrote one of my favorite SF novels, Aristoi. Very clever use of typography to show the reader what’s happening in the real world and what’s happening . . . elsewhere.
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Related: Walter Jon Williams wrote one of my favorite SF novels, Aristoi. Very clever use of typography to show the reader what’s happening in the real world and what’s happening . . . elsewhere.
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WJW is also very smart. Sometimes his novels are too smart for me, but the ones I can understand I enjoy very much.
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WJW is also very smart. Sometimes his novels are too smart for me, but the ones I can understand I enjoy very much.
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