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getting old in mke

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3. Bad computer stuff

Reply to mvccd1000 (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 07:35 PM

Dec 2011

always annoys me and jerks me completely out of a story. Computers that are too magical or problems that are solved too simplistically.

I don't mind it so much if it's in SF and things are supposed to be advanced, but when it's in a mystery and plugging in a thumbdrive somehow sucks down the entire contents of a hard drive in seconds without, for instance, issuing a copy command, then i have to take a break.

The author I treasure most for getting the tech always dead on right is John Sanford. (Well, at least in the Davenport/Flowers series. Kidd is a bit more fantastical, but that kind of goes with the book.)

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Quibbles... minor factual errors you notice that distract from the story [View all] mvccd1000 Dec 2011 OP

I agree, that stuff can be really annoying for some of us. Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #1

I think it was "The Persuaders" by Lee Child; a Jack Reacher novel MaineDem Dec 2011 #2

Too bad. getting old in mke Dec 2011 #4

Bad computer stuff getting old in mke Dec 2011 #3

what book is this? beyurslf Dec 2011 #5

Series I just started (and have almost finished). mvccd1000 Dec 2011 #8

I don't so much notice such things SheilaT Dec 2011 #6

The early Reacher books were bad about things like that. mvccd1000 Dec 2011 #7

I like the series MaineDem Dec 2011 #9