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by kstrauser 607 days ago
What’s wrong with tenseness? People praised Hemingway for it.

I don’t think that’s the word you meant to describe TBP though.

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There's a whole paragraph where he lists different frequencies of atom vibration of different elements. Basically a whole paragraph quoting different frequencies, separated by comma. I think he just likes bullying the reader into submission by showing off his intellect and giving this impression that all of this is going to come together.

However, if you do know science, you know pretty well all of this is just mumbo-jumbo so the suspense of disbelief disappears and there's just nothing left in the book that is sufficiently interesting.