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It's funny, even though I know "The Hegemon" and "The Hive Queen" don't actually exist in the physical sense, I still long to read the words of the Speaker for the Dead. More so now that I've finished reading Shadow of the Gaint (which by the way was immensely satisfying to read).
Anyone else feel this way?
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If you search the "other side" of the forums, you'll find that OSC himself posts that he'll never write these, because they've been built up so much that regardless of what they actually say, it'll be a letdown. It's better to leave them to the imagination.
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Th eonly book I'd love to read is "This book is better than getting to First, second and possibly even third base."
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People who actually do attempt to write fictional books always seem to do a really bad job, don't you think?
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In general, yes. One notable exception: Steven Brust. Or rather, Parfi of Roundwood, if you want to look at it that way. In the Vlad Taltos setting he wrote a series of "historic romances" which are quite good. But then they're not as built up in the main setting as things like The Hive Queen or Necronomicon. In fact, Parfi is considered to be an overly populist "fluff" author by his contemporary characters.
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