The recommendation may have been from here originally but I can’t find it now: To The Stars—incomplete, set in the far future of the Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica universe, contriving to shape the plot and tone into something resembling Starship Troopers (or more likely Old Man’s War). I find the way it forces a fantasy story into quite hard sci-fi rather interesting; there are places where you can see the strain, but mostly it works well, and the characters strike a good balance, developed from but solidly rooted in their canon originals. I will say it’s not that well written—the phrasing is distinctly clunky at times—but for me the plot, characters and especially the worldbuilding were good enough to shine through.
The recommendation may have been from here originally but I can’t find it now:
It’s been recommended multiply times on LW and in the HPMoR author notes, but is worth re-recommending, particularly since you gave and above average summary. Also, the author lists Old Man’s War as a significant inspiration, but has said elsewhere that he just took a few specific ideas and didn’t actually like Old Man’s War overall.
I think some parts would have been better if I was familiar with the Oriko Magica spinoff. At any rate I’m up to chapter 14 and it’s moving much more smoothly. At this point I’m thinking that Ryouku is n pybar bs Znqbxn, juvyr ure tenaqcneragf ner cebonoyl Uvgbzv Fuvmhxv naq Xlōfhxr Xnzvwō (ylvat nobhg gurve ntrf).
edit: I appear to have mixed up maternal and paternal grandparents so I guess the second speculation above doesn’t apply (at least not how I was thinking of it). Also chapter 14 clears things up a bit on this front anyway...
The recommendation may have been from here originally but I can’t find it now: To The Stars—incomplete, set in the far future of the Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica universe, contriving to shape the plot and tone into something resembling Starship Troopers (or more likely Old Man’s War). I find the way it forces a fantasy story into quite hard sci-fi rather interesting; there are places where you can see the strain, but mostly it works well, and the characters strike a good balance, developed from but solidly rooted in their canon originals. I will say it’s not that well written—the phrasing is distinctly clunky at times—but for me the plot, characters and especially the worldbuilding were good enough to shine through.
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It’s been recommended multiply times on LW and in the HPMoR author notes, but is worth re-recommending, particularly since you gave and above average summary. Also, the author lists Old Man’s War as a significant inspiration, but has said elsewhere that he just took a few specific ideas and didn’t actually like Old Man’s War overall.
I’ve finally got around to reading this and I’m quite enjoying it so far, though it’s a bit heavy on exposition and flashbacks.
Ah yes, I’d forgotten how clunky those early exposition chapters are. Should’ve mentioned that.
I think some parts would have been better if I was familiar with the Oriko Magica spinoff. At any rate I’m up to chapter 14 and it’s moving much more smoothly. At this point I’m thinking that Ryouku is n pybar bs Znqbxn, juvyr ure tenaqcneragf ner cebonoyl Uvgbzv Fuvmhxv naq Xlōfhxr Xnzvwō (ylvat nobhg gurve ntrf).
edit: I appear to have mixed up maternal and paternal grandparents so I guess the second speculation above doesn’t apply (at least not how I was thinking of it). Also chapter 14 clears things up a bit on this front anyway...