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user-inactivated  ·  4282 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: THE RESTAURANT AT THE START OF THE UNIVERSE (5/7): The bed and breakfast, 2115AD

Science fiction shouldn't be written any other way than by skipping through time.

EDIT: this applies especially to short stories and segmented novellas, because it makes reading the piece collaborative. If you filled in the gaps, you'd be doing my thinking for me -- what would there be for me to do while reading? As it is, I get much more out of your writing; I get to infer instead of absorb. Great story so far.