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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
The difference being that Cornwell gives you relatively stand-alone books that are tied together with an over-arching plotline in his Saxon series... whereas Martin is writing one big story that spans seven books. 
I'm not bashing Martin or any other author that writes this way. It's just that I don't love The Seemingly Never-Ending Series as much as I did when I first read A Game of Thrones. It's been long enough ago that I've changed. I've fallen in love with Speculative Fiction stories that have a beginning, a middle, and an end... all between two "covers." Unfortunately, truly stand-alone stories seem to be the red-headed step-children of the fantasy genre.  |
I've noticed that too. I'm sort of in the middle - keep it at a trilogy - 4 at most. If I fall in love with a story's characters or world, I look forward to more time with them.
But it seems like when they get to 4 or beyond, they're just dragging it out too much.
This even happens with Cornwell - his Warlord trilogy was much ...tighter than Saxon has been.
Strange though
they both feel like a single story spanning several books to me. (I know, I know
) I'm going crazy waiting for Uhtred to finally win back Bebbanburg - (and get AEthelflead).