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Errors in fact and unrealistic flights of fancy
Example: if the author has me driving down a one way street when I KNOW the street is not one way, I tend to think that if the author can't be bothered to get the facts right then (a) why include that level of detail, (b) lazy writing, why should I bother read it?
Accept that fantasy is totally different, but needs to be consistent, but these days I am so not into fantasy. The preponderance of speculative fiction has me wondering just what is so wrong with the world that an enthralling story cannot be found within it? If people are living lives such that an escape is needed, my response would be to find the best way of living in the real world. Don't think fiction is, in the long term, a healthy escape.
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