😂 I got my next negative review from a friend today, disappointed the book wasn't *really* space opera - which I take to mean, because it's not all epic battles - despite involving aliens, a murdered world, a mutiny, a spaceship, and an intrigue that will unravel a whole society.
But I find it amusing that all my reminders that this is Dostoevsky in space didn't sink in. I think folks don't expect me to write challenging work - but I cannot fathom why anyone thinks I write nice, simple fiction.
🤗 Oh, you're very kind, but I will reiterate what I said to my friend *before* he started reading: if it's not your cuppa, no worries, and may other works in your list reward instead.
It is *psychological fiction*, deep in analysis of behaviour and philosophy, just like its source material - but with AI, spaceships, and aliens. :) Which I still think Dostoevsky would have had fun with, if he were writing today.
Just as Stanisław Lem, did.
:) You are the second person this week to compare my work to Stanislaw Lem! (The other one is halfway through the novel and that was her first thought.) ❤️ You have made this writer very happy with that association!