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New comment by neponeko in "Never Give Them Your Face"

neponeko — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:41:09 +0000

Rich people are panicking because they’ve seen a capital-poor country win a war with cheap drones and want to lock down as many technologies as they can, lest the ruled realize they can actually do something about their rulers.

New comment by neponeko in "Pre-2022 Books"

neponeko — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 01:46:26 +0000

Right, and half the time they can’t tell what could sell because their thinking is so provincial and rigid.

New comment by neponeko in "Pre-2022 Books"

neponeko — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 01:45:26 +0000

Publishing houses will screen fiction for well-written and interesting fiction.

Why would they start now?

New comment by neponeko in "Pre-2022 Books"

neponeko — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 01:43:07 +0000

At every step, a human had the opportunity to say "no, this is bad". And the fact that they didn't is a vote of quality and reputation.

Romantic image. Doesn’t hold. Traditional publishing has pushed out lots of poorly edited slop for decades; it didn’t start in 2022.