<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>Occasionally I mention my book, but if you’ve missed that particular aspect of the site then allow me to offer you a drink from the fountain of trivia: I wrote a book<\/a>. <\/p>\nNow, before you get all click-happy and run off thinking this is going to be some text-based DM of the Rings, or vast pool of scorching and unconventional game reviews, I need to make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into here. The novel in question is a work of fiction, it’s cyberpunk, and it’s fanfiction<\/em>. Odds are that I’ve already duped you<\/a> into reading some of my fanfiction, but this is an entire book that exists under that classification. The book is based on the 1994 classic System Shock<\/a>. And if you don’t know about that game, then perhaps you’re acquainted with its mutant grandson<\/a>. <\/p>\n I have had people email me that it is the best novel they’ve ever read. Now, this is absolutely not<\/em> a position I endorse, but I offer it here as an opinion that exists<\/em>, and is held by multiple people I’ve never met and who seem otherwise lucid. I offer their opinion here as a sort of recommendation. If some people are willing to go recklessly waving the word “best” around, then perhaps the book is not completely awful. I wrote it five years ago. I’ve improved a lot since then, and like many writers my pride in my accomplishment is overshadowed somewhat by the realization that I could do so much better now. <\/p>\n Since the completion of the book I’ve had people asking for a hardcopy in one form or another. I’ve always pointed them in the direction of the printer-friendly version<\/a>, which isn’t exactly something you can read while curled up on the couch, even if you’ve got the spare paper and ink and a printer that’s up to the job. I realized that this was not what they wanted, but I didn’t want to get mixed up in publishing, or self-publishing, or whatever. Fanfiction exists in some legally questionable area, and I didn’t want to become embroiled in a losing conflict with one of the many System Shock IP holders.<\/p>\n
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