"It feels a little like a Cherryh novel structure only I hope I'm doing slightly clearer setup for what's going on so the actual resolution doesn't hit like an entire keg of wtf."
This tells me something; I'm not sure what, but something, because I can't think of a Cherryh novel that gave me any WTF at all.
Near-fatal loneliness, yes (Wave Without A Shore) and often enough some concern for what I might be missing, but it more feels like watching the gears of some substantial clockwork rise from opaque oil.
The really big hit on that effect for me was the resolution of Cyteen, which shifted very suddenly to high action for me. Looking back at it I can see the building tension and the not-quite-sublimated power struggle that was certainly going to erupt in violence sometime, but on first reading it was very AND WHAM.
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Near-fatal loneliness, yes (Wave Without A Shore) and often enough some concern for what I might be missing, but it more feels like watching the gears of some substantial clockwork rise from opaque oil.
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The really big hit on that effect for me was the resolution of Cyteen, which shifted very suddenly to high action for me. Looking back at it I can see the building tension and the not-quite-sublimated power struggle that was certainly going to erupt in violence sometime, but on first reading it was very AND WHAM.
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Wave Without A Shore is an entirely perfect something. I don't know what. It might not be good to meet over-many examples thereof.
How are you with viewing Regenesis as a light romantic comedy?