# Bad fiction and the Internet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-fiction-and-the-internet/242222>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 27, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-fiction-and-the-internet/242222 "2004-04-27T03:33:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-fiction-and-the-internet/242222/41 "2004-04-29T19:43:16Z")

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> [@rjung](#):
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> And now I’m wondering how many folks complaining about bad fiction in this thread have actually written stuff of their own. Are there any critical Dopers who’ve been unintentionally inflicting **Rockroids** -style horrors to the rest of humanity? :eek:
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> So in the interest of fairness, I’ll confess that I have written some fanfic in the past, most of which can be found [here.](http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/tf/fanfics/Fanfics.html) Seems only fair for me to give folks an opportunity to throw some brickabats my way…

Okay, I’ll step up. 🙂

I’ve written several web-published novels, novellas, and short stories in the Shadowrun RPG universe, which can be found [here](http://www.magespace.net/ratfiction.html). While I’m quite sure that there is plenty of room for improvement in all of them, I’m also reasonably sure that I’m not “inflicting **Rockroids** -style horrors to the rest of humanity.” 🙂

You’re right, though: if I’m going to criticize, I’ll put my head out there on the block to be criticized right back.

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**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-fiction-and-the-internet/242222/42 "2004-04-29T20:33:06Z")

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> [@rjung](#):
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> And now I’m wondering how many folks complaining about bad fiction in this thread have actually written stuff of their own. Are there any critical Dopers who’ve been unintentionally inflicting **Rockroids** -style horrors to the rest of humanity? :eek:
> 
> So in the interest of fairness, I’ll confess that I have written some fanfic in the past, most of which can be found [here.](http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/tf/fanfics/Fanfics.html) Seems only fair for me to give folks an opportunity to throw some brickabats my way…

I wasn’t “complaining” so much as exchanging amused observations. Also, I know I’ve committed some of the offenses people complain about… although I don’t think I completely suck.

I posted this web-novel in 1995, when web fiction wasn’t quite as common as it was now. I was interviewed by a couple of people and cited in articles about this “new trend” of web publishing. Sigh.

[http://www.skutir.com/madagascar/index.html](http://www.skutir.com/madagascar/index.html)

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