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Originally Posted by pshrynk
Isn't _There Will Be Dragons_ one of Ringo's novels that he claims he only writes because he sells copies, but is disgusted with the story and character? I remember reading an interview about that. He has a series that started with him writing something to get the "Shit" out of his brain so he could write something else, shelved it as a bad go, and only brought it out because he mentioned he had something at a conference and everyone wanted to read it. Then everyone bought it . Then everyone demanded a replay. If you read it as parody and like a "Colbert Report" take on the world, maby it wouldn't be as grim.
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I hadn't heard that story about _There Will Be Dragons_.
However I had read a couple of other books of his. One I slogged through; unimpressed but not as violently disgusted. The other I read about four pages into, realized he'd named a woman soldier "Ima Hooker" wondered aloud why he hadn't given her the middle name "Justa" or perhaps two middle names, "Justa" and "No 'Count" and set the book down, never to pick it up again.
*Then* I read _There Will Be Dragons_. Sigh. Death called; he'd like that four hours of my life back please.