a bit less patchy than you though , by my mid 20 s i had more hair on my cheeks . my hair is darker too so it appears more dense . so . will your beard fill more than this ? almost certainly yes but will you ever be able to grow a full , dense , beard ? . it ' s hard to tell . <| sep |> Bump ! Can we please ? <| sep |> Slocum was pretty good for a while <| sep |> no . you need adds <| sep |> Not a conventional recommendation , but John Scalzi is a great scifi writer who I think Ernie takes a lot of inspiration from . He mentions him as one of Halliday ' s favorite authors and their writing styles feel very similar . I read Old Man ' s War several years ago which has a bit more serious tone , and I ' m reading Fuzzy Nation right now , which is more humorous . I bought my brother Red Shirts , which is a parody of Star Trek set from the perspective of a red shirt the disposable crewmen who die whenever Captain Kirk goes to some alien planet . Highly HIGHLY recommend him above even Ernie ' s other book , Armada