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Old 01-19-2026, 09:25 AM   #4321
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Both liberal socialist utopias and conservative religious theocracies are fine, as long as they don't push the author's personal views into my face (i.e. no long diatribes about the good and evil of one system vs another).

I've read plenty of books with protagonists whose views and values clearly don't align with mine. I have no problem with this, as long as it's not used to air the author's own views at length.
But how would you know if the author's views are being aired or not?
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Old 01-19-2026, 09:41 AM   #4322
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But how would you know if the author's views are being aired or not?
Usually you can tell. That's what I meant by "at length" - it's not just a phrase here and a sentence there. It's deliberate preaching.
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Old 01-24-2026, 07:50 PM   #4323
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Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico? was my deep-felt response to the appalling listing I just found on Audible. A book that purports to conclude the Aubrey/Maturin series, entitled Aubrey’s Honour: The Setting of the Sail: The Final Voyage of Admiral Jack Aubrey and Dr Stephen Maturin.

I canNOT believe this was authorized, and yet Amazon is selling it. And Audible, too. Read by Virtual Voice.

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Diana is alive!
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Old 01-29-2026, 07:31 AM   #4324
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Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico? was my deep-felt response to the appalling listing I just found on Audible. A book that purports to conclude the Aubrey/Maturin series, entitled Aubrey’s Honour: The Setting of the Sail: The Final Voyage of Admiral Jack Aubrey and Dr Stephen Maturin.

I canNOT believe this was authorized, and yet Amazon is selling it. And Audible, too. Read by Virtual Voice.

Spoiler:
Diana is alive!
It doesn't seem like it's authorized. Seems like someone self-published their fan fiction and it slipped through the cracks. Although it's not that surprising because I've seen much more blatant scams floating around Amazon.

Considering how many books they put out in a few months, I don't think anyone actually wrote it either...
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Old 01-29-2026, 09:40 AM   #4325
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When BookWalker says LCP DRM is going to make eBooks more accessible which we all know is BS.
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Old 01-29-2026, 03:17 PM   #4326
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It doesn't seem like it's authorized. Seems like someone self-published their fan fiction and it slipped through the cracks. Although it's not that surprising because I've seen much more blatant scams floating around Amazon.

Considering how many books they put out in a few months, I don't think anyone actually wrote it either...
I've seen Fallout and BioShock fanfic published on Amazon. Not even an attempt to file off the serial numbers first.
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Old 01-30-2026, 02:58 PM   #4327
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I abhor that stuff. What's wrong with simple titles?
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Old 01-30-2026, 04:32 PM   #4328
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I abhor that stuff. What's wrong with simple titles?
Here you go:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/..._Letter_Titles

Have fun!!!
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Old 01-30-2026, 05:55 PM   #4329
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Good one!!!! XD)))
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Unfortunately, they'll probably soon re-release V. as V.: A Satirical Postmodern Novel by World's Most Elusive Author Thomas Pynchon 60th Anniversary Edition Perfect For Fans of Philip K. Dick (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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I'm reading a book about British monuments and every single reference to the Emperor Trajan (as a comparison) has been rendered as "Trojan". The author? An idiot copy editor (except that books aren't cooy edited anymore)? It only came out last year, so it's not due to poor optical scanning. I can't help faulting the author; even if not her original error (and ouch! if it were and it's not impossible) she should have passed her eyes over the copy before it went to the printers. How are such egregious errors not caught?

ETA: I know the likeliest explanation is over-reliance on spell check. But again, someone should double-check corrections. I wonder if the mistake made it to the $30 print edition? The digital edition is $20, way too much for this level of sloppiness.
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Most of the plot should also be included in the title, so people wouldn't be forced to actually read the thing.
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This is an Amazon abomination. It's not shown like that any other place.
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Most of the plot should also be included in the title, so people wouldn't be forced to actually read the thing.
But if you are able to buy the book elsewhere, you won't see that you you'll have to read it.
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This is an Amazon abomination. It's not shown like that any other place.
And don't forget this trending type of annoyingly promotional BS:

Novel
[Anything]: a Novel

Short Stories
[Anything]: Short Stories

Now, true, a few books actually do have 'novel' or 'short stories' as part of the title - but it's not that many.
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