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      1. if you would like to read a book that has thought about the problem of Orcs, I can recommend The Last Ringbearer
    1. …in reply to @v21
      it is very, uh, mechanically driven (focused more on worldbuilding & plot machinery than characters), but sometimes i like that
  1. …in reply to @v21
    (and, like, characters do exist and have personalities, and some are sympathetic, so it's not like it's an vacant Greg Egan hellscape)