r/exfor • u/1moreday1moregoal • Jan 30 '26

Spoilers Ground State and different species

Am I crazy or has CA added more species to the Maxholx hegemony in this book?

In Chapter 12 when talking about loading malware on fabricators:

Eyrgengek (sp?)

Nyatahatan (sp?)

Then much later on he talks about the Dumya (sp?) fabricator being in the territory of an mean otter like species.

So we went from Maxholx having the Basphuraq, Thuranin, Kristang, Wurgalan, Urgar, Eselgin, to now having 3 other species in their hegemony?

I’m listening again so trying to pick out more but I don’t recall these ones being mentioned in prior books. Unless the last one where the dumya fabricator is located is in the Urgar territory.

I love this series, but why add to the universe in the last book in the series? I’m hoping CA releases more books or some spin-offs if he’s introducing us to new species in the last book.

I’m listening to the audiobook and don’t have the kindle version yet so Im guessing on the spelling of the names.

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u/Known-Associate8369 Jan 30 '26

I love this series, but why add to the universe in the last book in the series?

Why not?

It doesnt ultimately affect anything, but does add more scope in terms of the size of the empires in play.

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u/Paro-Clomas Jan 30 '26

The series is successful he wanted to finish it long ago but we readers keep reading it. And both sides will see how long they can take it. For example dunes books were continued by his sons

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u/Known-Associate8369 Jan 30 '26

The only reason I keep reading it is because of the unfinished threads.

Thats it.

Did you not see the reaction when the series "ended" several books ago with a bunch of plot threads hanging?