Charlie Stross on Nostr: nprofile1q…yhujc Au contraire: Asimov's characters almost all speak like first-half ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqgpaqvffj4tmy7nu0ygznk6nfkf66ckec0p4vyj24mt4f2s8fvulsxyhujc (nprofile…hujc) Au contraire: Asimov's characters almost all speak like first-half 20th century white Americans, and their names, although nonstandard (in some cases clearly intended to be time-modified descendants of early 20th century American names) all follow firstname-familyname patterns rather than anything indicating descent/tribe/occupation/rank/caste/religion. In other words, they're boring.