Hard YES to these points about hard sci-fi. I've been reading the first Dune trilogy this summer, and it's sci-fi that knows how to frame the logic between the story-world and its objects by depiciting those objects' use through action and propulsive dialogue, rather than dropping exposition dumps from the top ropes. Seems like Stephenson's caught in a cul-de-sac of self-regard - too much time with Thiel and Zuck, I'd posit. But that feral swine plotline seems like a doozy.
Hard YES to these points about hard sci-fi. I've been reading the first Dune trilogy this summer, and it's sci-fi that knows how to frame the logic between the story-world and its objects by depiciting those objects' use through action and propulsive dialogue, rather than dropping exposition dumps from the top ropes. Seems like Stephenson's caught in a cul-de-sac of self-regard - too much time with Thiel and Zuck, I'd posit. But that feral swine plotline seems like a doozy.
“Revenge of the Pigs” probably has to be written.
Haha... now there's something that would fly off the shelves.