I'm a former copy editor, which influences how I read and what I pay attention to... Only one female character in the first Foundation book has a name. 😱
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Even EE 'Doc' Smith is better than that, and he famously had to get someone else to write his love scenes.
aug 31, 2025, 6:29 pm • 1 0 • view
Huh, that's interesting. I'm not familiar with his writing, but I assume he didn't have the option of implied, off-page, fade-to-black kind of thing?
aug 31, 2025, 6:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Oh, he barely even hinted at the existence of sex. It was the hand-holding and sweet nothings he had trouble with.
aug 31, 2025, 8:09 pm • 1 0 • view