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It's so funny to me how polarizing KSR's writing is. I cannot understand how people could be bored by my absolute favorite sci-fi series; I could read a whole other trilogy in the same setting! I've talked to so many people who just cannot stand his writing, but he's my absolute favorite modern sci-fi author.
But I tried to read Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds, and I just couldn't be less interested. People talk about that series in the same ways as the Mars books, so I know I'm missing something good; I feel like some books capture our imaginations while others don't.
It's a bit frustrating that some books just aren't for me, at least for right now.