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The Elements of Style Challenge
I’ve been reading The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B.White (ISBN 0205191584) and have to admit I am guilty of many fallacies described in the book. Although I have read parts of the book in the past, it never stuck with me. This time, I will try to apply it more. Thus, I will do a challenge where I take a section from the book and try to actively apply it in my writing for a week.
This week, I will focus on section 13, Make the paragraph a unit of composition.
Blaster madness
I love the breadth and depth of Asimov’s books, how he seems to take a lot of things into account and create a world with a lot of verisimilitude, even though it’s definitely very fantastic (Arthur C. Clark has the same power, or I suppose all the great sci-fi authors). However, one thing has been bothering for a couple of weeks now since I finished reading “Foundation and Empire“, namely the blaster pistols! In a world that seems to be well thought out, blasters are completely insane and impractical things that nobody in their right mind would use as the main, or even the only, weapon. The following contains a pretty nasty spoiler, so read at your own risk.
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