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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I completely agree. I guarantee that if authors had to wait until their "one book spread out over 10-12 volumes" was completed to start getting paid for it... these series would start getting considerably smaller -- and more concise. The author would have to decide if his/her huge, magnum opus story was worth the sacrifice of writing for 8-9 years without getting paid...
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Originally Posted by Lemurion
I'm still waiting for Alexei Panshin's fourth Anthony Villiers novel - though I doubt it will ever see print.
My normal pattern is to buy books as they come out - but if the delay gets too long between books (and the series doesn't seem to be progressing when the books DO come out - I'm looking at you ghost of Robert Jordan) I'll shift and wait until they're all out before jumping back in.
As it is, I doubt that I'll ever care enough again to finish Wheel of Time - and am unlikely to start Martin's Game of Thrones.
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I would certainly agree with the Wheel of Time series; that one is hopelessly bloated. And it got worse with each book (talk about milking a series!). With Auel's series, very little could be deleted without leaving something worthwhile out. The only thing that I feel could be deleted would be where she recants what went on in previous books, a very small percentage of volume. Where is that forklift?