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Originally Posted by BookJunkieLI
I'd love some of it myself. But just because I'm not capable of writing like that doesn't mean no one else is capable of it.
How do you know that? Do you ask the author how long it took them to research/plot/write/edit a particular novel? Do you know these authors personally that you know how long it takes them to produce a novel? Or do you "just know" that it took them a "long time" to put it together? Because I call bullshit. Yes, there are some novels that when you read them all you can think is "this was just slapped together and tossed out there". Most novels, there's no way of knowing how long it took the author to write them. Plus if an author frequently writes in the same genre or series, they typically keep all of their notes and research from previous projects so that they do not have to keep researching the same information over and over.
And comparing rereading a single author to an entire genre is again disingenuous. No one rereads an entire genre unless they have a very very narrowly defined genre. Plus the OP stated they can reread most of the books by the three authors they listed cover-to-cover in just a day. Each book in day, not all of them in a day. Whether that's hyperbole on the OP's part only the OP can tell us. But based on that, yes, they could easily reread all of Lackey, McCaffrey and Heinlein in less than a year. Assuming they actually do reread all of them. And if they do reread all of them that's their choice.
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Ummm not sure where I said I reread these books in a single day... it is accurate though. I tend to read most of my favorite authors books in a single sitting including most of David Weber's Harrington series.
I am no longer working so when I pick up a good book I will read it straight through until I finish it. Very seldom will I fall asleep prior to completion if it is a book I've been waiting for.
As for the comments about quality of writing... I find a number of the authors I enjoy very much are not "literary" but they are enjoyable. Many of them hit the NYT best seller lists several times. Others are just plain enjoyable and fun. Not surprising as the genres I enjoy most are fantasy, science fiction, steampunk and paranormal with a large dash of historical mystery and historical romance thrown in.
I am not looking for the "great novel" as many college courses would describe it but then again... Charles Dickens was just a writer who published serials in the newspapers when he started out.