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Originally Posted by crich70
I think that predictability is a problem with most fiction really, not just epic fantasy. I mean we all know that the heroic cowboy will save the town school teacher from the evil land baron or that the detective will bring the killer to justice by the end of the book for example. It's how the events are portrayed that makes the story original.
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Yes, I just posted a review on Amazon of what the author clearly HOPES will become a multivolume science fiction franchise. While he invented an interesting "almost" steampunk universe full of potential, the characters and the story is SO boringly predictable and stereotypical that I don't see the story line going anywhere.
I've seen this a lot in the self publishing arena; some interesting new ideas are presented but then they are explored with what, I guess, the author thinks is a 'marketable' story line and characters.