I know of at least one author who did exactly that (not with Orbis though). Predictably, the outcome was pretty boring.
Who was that?
Predictably, the outcome was pretty boring.
Yeah, realistic worlds are not necessarily optimized for being entertaining. That's why fiction exists, after all - because we're not satisfied with nonfiction.
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