Georgy Kolotov asked J. Zachary Pike:

[continued] Same goes for explaining the rules - for example, when Larona's clothing change, why spend a full paragraph, at least, to explain why this happened? The reader should be able to understand it from context. LitRPG is not a good thing to slide into. But what I wanted to ask most is this: why subtitle "a satire"? If there is one thing this book is not, it's satire. In any case, thank you for this book.

J. Zachary Pike I felt the explanation of why Mages' robes transform was appropriate because I didn't think clothing growing buttons or changing decoration on its own happens often enough in fantasy to go without explanation, and because Laruna's robes transforming foreshadows a more significant change in a mage's attire later in the series.

Sometimes I regret putting "A Satire" in the title, but it's because it messes with the metadata. Orconomics absolutely is a satire. A satire uses humor to criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in a political sense. Orconomics satirises corporate greed and systemic injustice using a bunch of fantasy and role playing tropes.

You may disagree, and you're welcome to; I understand that people develop strong opinions around the definitions of certain genres or devices. But I like the label, and I'm sticking with it.

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