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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
Robert Jordan, anyone? Even death can't stop the Wheel of Time, and something should have, quite a few books ago.
Maybe I'm weird because I don't enjoy waiting for yet another book to find out more about what's going on, but that's how I roll. I want to read, not wait to read. Waiting isn't enjoyable to me; it's frustrating. Long ago, I gave up my Analog subscription because the multi-part stories frustrated me so much: I wanted to just read the thing, not read part 2 of 4 and keep "anticipating" (read: wailing and gnashing my teeth for) the next part.
So many of the books I grew up with -- the books that gave me my love for reading -- were by long-dead authors. I can't imagine not wanting to read Swiss Family Robinoson or Gulliver's Travels because the authors aren't around to write endless sequels to them. I wouldn't be the person I am if I'd never read them, or the works of hundreds of other writers who died before I was born.
And what happens when an author dies? Do you have to stop reading their books? Just because they're younger than you doesn't mean they won't be run over by a bus tomorrow, either. Or what if they stop writing the series you like, or it starts to really suck? (one of my favorite mystery writers drifted off into left field ... I could even deal with the ghost who showed up, but magic in a formerly solidly realistic series was a bit much)
Some authors have something they want to say, and write a book to say it in, then move on and write something else. Others take a concept and wring every last bit of financial gain out of it, long after anything they wanted to say (or anything worth saying, or anything that could be said) is gone. Personally, I'll take the former. If I really obsess over what happens next ... I'll write fanfic.
Hmmm ... I wonder if there's Gilgamesh fanfic?
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I agree. I don't know if there is Gilgamesh fanfic but I know I would love to see a Gilgamesh movie.
