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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
For instance, when I read someone raving about an author's "world-building" skills, I tend to assume that there's a lot of pointless, fill-ery, info-dumping going on. I like to do the heavy lifting myself where "world-building" is concerned--thank you very much.
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Oh gosh, I wouldn't assume that at all. The times that I am moved to comment on the skill of an author's world-building, it's exactly because they have managed to build a rich, amazing world without pulling a Kim Stanley Robinson or a narrative stuffed with As You Know, Bobs.