• ZDL@lazysoci.al
    48·
    3 days ago

    i hate that people complain how he was not very good at writing people, so was Asimov.

    Asimov was western and thus “one of us”.

    Liu Cixin is Chinese and thus “one of them”.

    This makes all the difference.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
      5·
      3 days ago

      I don’t think that’s the case for most critics, but I can certainly say Chinese writing styles rarely seem to translate easily to English tastes.