It's a magical world

Thanks for this. I was so perplexed by the great reviews and Hugo award this book has received. Its characters are so utterly flat and uninteresting. Its science disappoints and its written in a turgid and plodding style. The most interesting part was about the Cultural Revolution. I teach creative writing and if this manuscript came to me I'd be writing copious notes about its problems. This is a great draft of something with promise, at best.