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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
The confusion is due to me not explaining, because I really didn't understand the formats and differentiations myself. Sorry for that...
...The book in the self promotions section sounded like it would be right up my alley. But I only bought it after the author confirmed that he would be wrapping it up at book six. So then I started wondering if these authors would be better served if they clearly labelled these stories as '1 (of 6)' from the get go...
...I'll read 100 Bullets, that ended at issue 100, but have avoided The Walking Dead (which seems like something I would enjoy) as it just seems to shamble on forever (pardon the pun).
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Neither did I. But it’s been explained for my by a few other members, and so I’m caught up. It’s all good.
For me, I don’t mind knowing when a series would end. Harry Potter was easy because in the story Hagrid pointed out he’d go there for 7 years, and since it is a series about Wizarding school, the reader could guess there would be seven books. In the Pendragon Journals, Bobby has to save the 10 realms of Halla from Saint Dane, one by one, so the guess would be there’d be 10 books (where there were.) I started reading right about when book eight came out, and waited and waited and waited with excitement for the last two. I read them as they came out, and personally I feel that anticipation made not only the wait, but the reading itself more worthwhile. I was eight when I read the first Artemis Fowl (at the time there were only two published) and finally read the final when I was 20. I grew up with The Series of Unfortunate Events. I liked the wait, and not always knowing when it would end (Though with Snicket’s work, a child could guess that since there were thirteen chapters in each, there would be thirteen novels, especially since the theme was unluckiness, and 13 is an unlucky number.) Then there’re sets like The Last Dragon Chronicles by Chris D’Lacey, which never hinted and when it would end (book seven) and, unless you shifted through them one by one and looked at the “Also by the author” page, did not even know what the order of the series was. Same with the Twilight Saga (I gag to even bring that up.) You don’t know which one comes directly after the saga’s namesake.
Sidetrack: I, personally, agree with you on TWD. While I still enjoy it, it does seem to just keep going, and going, and going... And I also enjoyed the pun, so you’re forgiven. On that note, my family thinks Once Upon a Time should have ended after a certain season, and refuse to watch anymore because they share your same opinion. My fiancé and I still watch, though. My point is that some people might see an ending, and may be satisfied with a certain story, and other may want more. Some people love the original Star Wars Trilogy, and then you have a sea of fans who wanted more, and George Lucas let them have at it and create the rest of the universe. I guess it’s just a personal preference about how deeply the reader wants to invest themselves.