This thread is terrifying. Imagine Tolkien publishing The Hobbit and asking this thread their honest opinion. I’d wager there would be no LoTR. In that way, I do see the beauty in what you are doing here, it is like watching a time traveler go back in time and preventing their parents from meeting. Honestly, I am re thinking some of my favorite authors now, I’m so confused, and hurt. Touché.
Don’t these books seem like AI copies of Orson scott card ex post cultural revolution china? Is it just me?
Edi: Orson