Greg Egan on Nostr: I’m sure the writers of “Death By Lightning” know exactly what they’re doing ...
I’m sure the writers of “Death By Lightning” know exactly what they’re doing with the anachronistic dialog: endless F-words, “quality time”, “crash and burn” etc. It’s fun, in a West Wing With Beards kind of way. But it still makes me nervous about trusting them on any of the history.
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