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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I think that depends on the series.
Janet Evanovich can be read individually.
Game of Thrones can't.
I think some of that comes down to genre. And yes, Martin needs to quit talking about superheroes and get back to writing. (He was on Superheroes Decoded on the History Channel the other night.)
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George R.R. Martin is not your bitch.
I'm not convinced that the SF & fantasy genres are truly worse than any other genre as far as writing stories with cliffhangers. Personally, I don't like them, and I try not to read them until the series is finished, even if I pick them up because they are on sale (which could mean I'll hate the early ones and skip the rest, like I did with SM Stirling's and Terry Goodkind's series). I don't buy Amazon serials
A lot of 19th century authors, like Dickens and Dumas wrote episodic fiction published in magazines. I've read that ships arriving from England would have people anxiously asking about the next instalment of their favorite authors' stories.