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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rykion" data-source="post: 5100967" data-attributes="member: 33035">This is definitely true, but they account for a disproportionate amount of the books I consider to be very good or excellent. Back on Hobo's original topic; I don't have the perception that shared world fiction is of lesser quality than any other fiction.  I do feel that unusual storylines and originality of setting are part of what makes most great fantasy/sci-fi books great.  Many of the classics of the genre are not so much about the quality of the writing itself, rather they are classics because of the novelty of the ideas expressed or world they contain.  Shared world books by definition have some limitations in this regard.I do read a lot of shared world books and enjoy most.  In novels, I do look for series with a single author rather than ones where different authors write every book.  I find having a different voice every book, or characters that change personality/motivation/language depending on author, to be distracting.  You also risk running into an author whose writing you just don't like part way into a series you were really enjoying.  At least with a single author series you have a pretty good idea what to expect quality wise after reading a single volume.</blockquote>