Thread: Are Baen books really that bad?
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Old 09-04-2014, 11:08 AM   #112
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
In contrast, Ringo's other works range from old school space adventure:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_...Shadows_Series

...to light urban fantasy...
http://www.amazon.com/Princess-Wands.../dp/1416573860

...to space opera...
http://www.amazon.com/Live-Free-Die-.../dp/1439133972

Even this most (deservedly) controversial Baen author is more than just the caricature he's portrayed as.

BAEN is a small-ish publisher with a varied cstalog from a lot of different authors. They're not all John Ringo. In fact, even John Ringo isn't "John Ringo".

BAEN isn't out to deliver literature, just fun reads for SF/fantasy readers.
That is hardly a crime.
Jerry Pournelle use to say that Robert Heinlein told him that writers were story tellers competing for a piece of the consumer's beer money. That's probably as good of a description as any of the niche that Baen Books fills. They focus more on good story telling than high literature.
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