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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9262119" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>I doubt your opinion is all that unpopular. These types of books sell very well because, IMO, folks like coming back to their favorite worlds over and over again.</p><p></p><p>When you like something . . . you rarely make it a point on the internet to tell everybody. "<em>Hey, I love me those shared-world franchise novels!!!</em>"</p><p></p><p>There are fans who do make it a point to let everybody know what they don't like, often using strong hyperbole, and couched as objective truth rather than simply their own experience or opinion. "<em>D&D novels all suck!</em>"</p><p></p><p>The loud and negative fans make it seem like the accepted truth is that licensed fiction, shared world fiction, tie-in fiction is 90% crap . . . but the popularity of these novels suggest otherwise.</p><p></p><p>Not trying to pick on [USER=7044704]@Wofano Wotanto[/USER], and I'm not suggesting they are doing what I'm complaining about here . . . it's just that bagging on D&D fiction is a sensitive spot for me, as the books have brought me a lot of joy over the decades and I'm tired of that toxic narrative.</p><p></p><p>Shared world novels in large franchises, like Star Wars or D&D, do often "play it safe" and don't often rise to the greatest heights of some more innovative fiction . . . but they regularly make the NYT best-sellers list and can be fun, enjoyable reads. And that's okay, not everything needs to hit like Le Guin's Earthsea novels or Lord of the Rings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9262119, member: 18182"] I doubt your opinion is all that unpopular. These types of books sell very well because, IMO, folks like coming back to their favorite worlds over and over again. When you like something . . . you rarely make it a point on the internet to tell everybody. "[I]Hey, I love me those shared-world franchise novels!!![/I]" There are fans who do make it a point to let everybody know what they don't like, often using strong hyperbole, and couched as objective truth rather than simply their own experience or opinion. "[I]D&D novels all suck![/I]" The loud and negative fans make it seem like the accepted truth is that licensed fiction, shared world fiction, tie-in fiction is 90% crap . . . but the popularity of these novels suggest otherwise. Not trying to pick on [USER=7044704]@Wofano Wotanto[/USER], and I'm not suggesting they are doing what I'm complaining about here . . . it's just that bagging on D&D fiction is a sensitive spot for me, as the books have brought me a lot of joy over the decades and I'm tired of that toxic narrative. Shared world novels in large franchises, like Star Wars or D&D, do often "play it safe" and don't often rise to the greatest heights of some more innovative fiction . . . but they regularly make the NYT best-sellers list and can be fun, enjoyable reads. And that's okay, not everything needs to hit like Le Guin's Earthsea novels or Lord of the Rings. [/QUOTE]
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