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Originally Posted by jtdolphins
Anyone read Tad Williams Overland series? Its been recommended several times. When I see a set of massive books like that my first thought is a good editor is needed. I read that Tad considered the whole set 1 book that had to be broken up due to length.
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A lot of people love it. I
liked it. Williams tends to throw too many words at some pretty simple plot-lines. This series could have easily been trimmed by several hundred pages. Great story, he just needed to channel his "inner editor" a bit more.
NOTE: I've read huge books/series that I thought were too short, and I've read short-books that I felt were too long... so it's not just me disliking huge books or long series. Williams just tends to talk too much—which wouldn't be a problem if he had a lot to say—for my taste.