[jameshart]

Dan Brown books don’t contain ‘action’, they contain ‘motion’.

I understand how the way Brown writes makes it seem like he thinks something exciting is happening but in fact all it is, is his protagonists are moving from place to place in a series of taxis.

[kybernetikos]

Motion with PERIL. The recent William Gibson books have been bad for that, just people moving between places, without much agency or clue of what is going on.

[codpiece]

Holy cow, that's the perfect summary of what's been bothering me with Gibson's latest few series. Thank you for the insight.

[jacquesm]

Gibson has lost it for me with the 'stub' concept. Communicating with an alternate timeline through 'a server somewhere in China' is too thin for me.

[astrange]

That works for Aaron Sorkin, except you also have dramatic lectures and women telling the male lead they're right about everything.

[AlbertCory]

while they're walking down a hallway and interrupting each other a lot.

[gumby]

Sort of like Indiana Jones!

[jameshart]

With less punching.