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ResoluteClover t1_j1etqf6 wrote

I like it when in fiction/fantasy they introduce technology or slang or some magic but treat it like it's ubiquitous rather than something that has to be explained to the reader.

It gives the reader a bit of a mystery but at the same time let's you really get immersed in the telling when there aren't huge out of context exposition drops.

For instance, imagine you're taking a story about right now to a person who time traveled from the 1960s. Rather than explain to them what cell phone is you describe your interactions with it normally.

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clamwaffle t1_j1jb15f wrote

unless my memory is failing me, foundryside by robert jackson bennett does this. you learn as you go. it’s really nice, but having waited years between books in the trilogy (and that the series is lesser known) really took me out of some moments when i was racking my brain trying to figure out/remember what some of the devices and stuff they use were

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