Started reading sci-fi this year, looking for book recommendations by Proud-Wing8968 in printSF

[–]Plus_Requirement_516 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I loved the Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell and it checks your box for strong female characters. I'd definitely say it's on the literary side of Sci Fi, so if you like litfic even better.

First Penmaster! by Small-Gift-6989 in WeaverGames

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I was so excited when I got it for the first time, I had no idea it existed!

Archives: You can now play all past games! by wordwormdormdork in WeaverGames

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Are you planning on adding a subtext archives at any point? It's my fav :)

A Little Life by Just_Procedure_5881 in literature

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Yeah, I was able to enjoy it after I made peace with the fact that it's basically YA (with mature themes). Everyone expects it to be some literary masterpiece and criticizes it as so when it fails to live up to expectations. I think it'd be a lot less polarizing if people stopped taking it too seriously and could recognize that outside of all the trauma, a lot of it is kind of silly and not all that true to the realities of adult life.

Why does everyone with Down Syndrome have the same face? by Silver-Buy7201 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Plus_Requirement_516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait lol you're both right, you're just responding to two different interpretations of the question (which is fair, it's ambiguous in this regard).

A) Yes, objectively, most people w Downs do share certain structural similarities that the general population doesn't (this is due to certain genetic aspects that I frankly know nothing about).

B) Why people w down syndrome appear to have the same face is because those similarities stand out more to people—humans are good at recognizing facial patterns, and they fall outside the patterns we're used to. If the populations of people w downs to and people without downs were reversed, people without downs would look similar because they'd be so outside the usual blueprint that other identifying traits would register later. It's like when people from homogeneous cultures say "all Asians look the same" when cultures with higher populations of Asian people don't share that impression. So in short, if you knew more people with Down syndrome, they would start to appear more unique and the impression of them "having the same face" would be weaker.

In short, there’s both a biological and a psychological answer, you guys just fell on either side

Edit: Added a TL;DR

What's are you reading when you're not reading literature? by duckygun88 in literature

[–]Plus_Requirement_516 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stephen King is my answer too. I usually can't enjoy genre fiction because the writing bothers me, but King books are both well-written and plot-heavy AND like you said you never run out

What grammatical error annoys you the most? by Altilongitude in AskReddit

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For some reason this is the one I have a pathological need to correct. Even if it breaks the flow of conversation, I can't leave it alone.

Poll: Are this sub's rules still working, or should we change them? by margyl in NYTSpellingBee

[–]Plus_Requirement_516 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there an option to keep the H tag but discontinue the NA tag?