solarmelange t1_iswlnlx wrote on October 19, 2022 at 6:04 AM

Reply to What literary characters are very useful as adjectives. by Hargelbargel

Those are still nouns brah.

solarmelange t1_irp8uty wrote on October 10, 2022 at 12:02 AM

Reply to My problem with Sci-Fi... by IR-Master

Some others you may like:

{{A Scanner Darkly}} best book about drugs ever.

{{Flowers for Algernon}} the saddest book ever. The protag DOES become attracted to the first member of the opposite sex he knows, but it makes complete sense because he is sheltered to an impossible extent.

solarmelange t1_irp6wak wrote on October 9, 2022 at 11:45 PM

Reply to My problem with Sci-Fi... by IR-Master

Maybe try something like The Murderbot Diaries. The protag is socially inept still, but otherwise nothing like you described, being a manufactured cyborg trying to hide the fact that it has overcome the programing restrictions. Zero romance.