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A fantasy author, whose name slips my mind, once noted that after Tolkien, authors chased after excess, convinced that more is best. This follows that idea and adds multitudes to what was already abundant. Already done by Gaiman in Sandman, and similarly done by RR Martin in the 80s, except those settings had enough scaffolding. Without connective tissue, this is just alphabet soup.

The problem with Media Res is the learning curve. This is approaching Malazan’s rate of terminology per page.