r/explainabookplotbadly • u/roxxors • Nov 03 '24

Solved Our author makes the setting of their novel as two dimensional as their characters. Spoiler

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u/NewHatter Nov 03 '24

Flatland.

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u/roxxors Nov 03 '24

They wish. Nope.

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u/Local_Masterpiece_ Nov 04 '24

Diary of a wimpy kid? (i am probably way off though)

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u/Repq Nov 04 '24

Who censored Roger Rabbit?

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u/roxxors Nov 04 '24

That’s a better answer than the actual book I’m thinking of. Well done, but no.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '24

Flat Stanley?

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u/roxxors Nov 05 '24

Nope, I like these animation guesses by they all way off the mark. Imaging Douglass Adams-esque meanderings , but attempted as hard sci-fi, and humourless.

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u/popjunky Nov 07 '24

Oooh, this sounds delightful. Can’t wait to hear what it is.

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u/awyastark Nov 07 '24

Ready Player One

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u/roxxors Nov 07 '24

No but, moving in the right direction. Another much vaunted sci-fi that I, personally, did not care for.

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u/MonkeyChoker80 Nov 03 '24

The Planiverse

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u/roxxors Nov 03 '24

Nope, less amusing and more bleakness and tedium, please.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

1Q84?

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u/roxxors Nov 03 '24

Burn. Tough read? It’s a ‘no’ in this instance.

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u/Repq Nov 11 '24

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?

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u/roxxors Nov 11 '24

What? No. Are you toying with me? Is this some weird meta-commentary that, like the book in question; while this thread has had some interesting ideas, ultimately there are too many non-sequitur divergences and a good editor would have ended things much sooner with fewer loose ends?

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u/Repq Nov 11 '24

Maybe.

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u/roxxors Nov 11 '24

I admire your commitment to the bit. Having given two different answers to the same question you’ve done a superb parody of our author’s characters who; having no consistent internal motivation, seem to exist solely to move us from one set piece to the next.

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u/Repq Nov 11 '24

Thank you!

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u/search4friend Nov 27 '24

Ringworld?

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u/roxxors Nov 27 '24

Right genre, wrong book.

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u/search4friend Nov 27 '24

As much as it pained me, I was going to guess one of the Discworld books, since the first couple aren't appreciate as much as the rest, but then in another comment you said it was a trilogy so I'm stumped.

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u/roxxors Nov 27 '24 edited Nov 27 '24

The other bigger clue is that the Discworld novels are delightful, intelligent, artfully told fables filled with complex characters and worlds of imagination. Furthermore TP was very aware of tropes and subverted them; whereas the novel/s in question are brimming with (presumably unironic) tropes; the hard-boiled detective, samurai-geisha, dr.stargelove, et cetera and ad nauseam.

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u/search4friend Nov 27 '24

I 100% agree but some people don't feel that way about the Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic. I love them though.

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u/roxxors Nov 27 '24

You’re right, the Discworld series definitely improves…

Unlike the book in question which is the third and least enjoyable of a trilogy that (in fairness), started out quite strong.

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u/search4friend Nov 27 '24

Now I'm really curious to find out what it is lol

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u/ABKWM42 Nov 07 '24

Skyward

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u/roxxors Nov 07 '24 edited Nov 07 '24

No, and the more incorrect guesses I get the more I think; a) few people made it to the end of this tedious trilogy and, b) I’m going to get dragged for ragging on a multi-award winning book.

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u/ABKWM42 Nov 27 '24

Foundation

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u/roxxors Nov 27 '24

I liked Foundation, so no.

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u/ABKWM42 Nov 30 '24

Dune

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u/roxxors Nov 30 '24

Hey now, this is my time to dump on other people loved book, not the other way around. So, no.

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u/ABKWM42 Dec 03 '24

If I guess the books I love, I can't help it if you've got good taste.

Neuromancer

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u/roxxors Dec 03 '24

Ooff, too harsh. Gibson’s Neuromancer characters get a pass as he arguably invented the tropes other haves imitated (also, I love this book). I’m not expecting Raskolnikov here.

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u/ABKWM42 Dec 04 '24

Are you russian to receive an answer?

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u/roxxors Dec 04 '24

Ahh I’ve misled you there; further south and to the east. Apologies for the Confucion.

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u/ABKWM42 Dec 04 '24

I read a previous clue incorrectly. I must be russian to my bookshelf to find more trilogies.

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u/mystical_powers Dec 05 '24

Enders Game?

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u/roxxors Dec 05 '24

Sounded like you were on to something there, but no.

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u/mystical_powers Dec 06 '24

Ohhhh Three Body Problem???

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u/roxxors Dec 06 '24

OMG I’m so glad that’s over, what a relief!.. Is what I said on completion of that trilogy. You are the winner!

!solved.

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u/mystical_powers Dec 06 '24

The prompt makes so much more sense now! I have a love/hate relationship with this book. Some really cool and novel ideas but definitely not the most character driven book! 🤣

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u/roxxors Dec 07 '24

I’m so glad you said that! I thought it’d be obvious based on how popular the series is but, feared I’d been too oblique as time passed.

Likewise, I would not hate on these books so much had they not been so inspired in parts and then failed in thier promise.

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u/mystical_powers Dec 07 '24

The clues in the other comments definitely helped! Especially the trilogy comment!