IIRC the book was actually about something else entirely (I think it was the one where there was a new form of vacuum spreading through the universe at 0.6c?) and this was a character's backstory. Greg Egan has a lot of cool hard SF books with interesting concepts, but damn if I remember what any of them are called. (Except Diaspora and Dichronauts, both of which I enjoyed but neither of which is the book discussed.)
My idyllic childhood became less idyllic fairly rapidly, but it was a nice place to be (both of them - I moved as a kid). My parents had a good taste in houses. :P (Though I only discovered fanfic after the neighbors had arrived.)
I think Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan are both the heroine and they should rip each other's bodices. Fite me. :P They are complex characters whose defining traits and archetypes aren't from the Western bodice ripper genre so reducing- Yes. They're both the heroines and should rip off each other's bodices. And other items of clothing. I'm sure Shen Wei can dark energy them back together for another round of ripping!
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Date: 2019-11-17 07:38 am (UTC)My idyllic childhood became less idyllic fairly rapidly, but it was a nice place to be (both of them - I moved as a kid). My parents had a good taste in houses. :P (Though I only discovered fanfic after the neighbors had arrived.)
They are complex characters whose defining traits and archetypes aren't from the Western bodice ripper genre so reducing- Yes. They're both the heroines and should rip off each other's bodices. And other items of clothing. I'm sure Shen Wei can dark energy them back together for another round of ripping!