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Originally Posted by Elsi
Although Russell published these as two books, I can only think of them as a single story. If I had been forced to stop reading at the end of The Sparrow, I would have been extremely distressed. Children of God is essential and I strongly recommend that one not start reading The Sparrow unless you know for sure that you can put your hands on its sequel as soon as possible.
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I recommended that an old friend read Dan Simmon's _Hyperion_. Bantam chose to publish the mass market PB edition of Hyperion as two books, but did
not label the first book as part one of two. My friend ran into the virtual wall at the ending of book one, discovered belatedly there was a second volume, and was so incensed he refused to read anything else by Simmons. Ever. My protests that the break was a publisher's decision and not Simmon's fault fell on deaf ears.
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Dennis