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Jon Dennis' Hyponormalization: a look at the first standalone Faction Hollywood book

After finishing the Boulevard Volume 1, I've been wanting to get back into Faction Paradox and realized I haven't actually read most of the more recent books. I've decided to start going through the series in reverse chronological order (reverse as most of what I'm familiar with is the older stuff, and I'd like for it to be less fresh in my head before I revisit it, as well as finally getting to know the part of the series I'm least versed in). This retrospective on the series won't be entirely comprehensive; for now I'll be ignoring more recent tie-ins (the Dave Rudden stuff; the City of the Saved; Faction Paradox appearing with serial numbers filed off in Big Finish's The Warren Legacy ; Ryan Fogarty) and the new BBV stuff. The old Bernice Summerfield content gets an in, though, as it ties more directly into Miles' view for the series and the loose overarching narratives that defined his time in charge.     But I'll talk about all that when...