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OftenBen  ·  2886 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Books you just couldn't fucking get into?

I refuse to read Catcher in the Rye on principle at this point.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say anything pleasant about the book.

I give up on a lot of sci-fi and fantasy rather quickly if the universe isn't engaging/ is obviously a ripoff of something else.

Why does every sci-fi author feel the need to turn their space-opera or space-western into Starcraft tropes?