I’m slowly getting through This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman. There’s some really interesting worldbuilding going on around neurodivergence and how social customs can facilitate understanding and mutual respect, but I’m a little turned off by the capitalistic, predatory, cyberpunk space opera setting, hence the slowness.
I was reading it too at one point but couldn’t finish it. Really different from traditional scifi. The first part was especially a mindfuck where it made more sense then more you read it.
i can’t even really articulate why it didn’t excite me, but i didn’t enjoy the first novel enough to continue with the trilogy.