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pwalker8 · 05-10-2018, 10:59 AM

I first read John Ringo back in 2000, with his mainline Posleen War books, and liked them a lot. Then I read the Empire of Man series that he co-wrote with David Weber and liked those a lot. But then, I found his spin off series uninteresting (Cally's War and the Council Wars) and his Paladin of Shadows series pretty much clinched the deal for me. Ringo was off my reading list.

I decided to take a chance on Ringo again when he came out with his Black Tide Rising series, and really liked it. That lead me to try the Troy Rising series and found that I liked that one as well. When he came out with his Monster Hunter Memoirs, I really liked those (just finished the last as an ARC), so I went back to the Looking Glass series, which I had because they were included in the Baen ebook monthly bundles. Nope, still didn't care for them.

That's a fairly unique experience for me. I can't really think of any other author where I liked their initial books, then put out a group of books that I didn't care for, and after almost a decade, started to put out books that I liked again. I can think of authors who I liked at first, and then lost interest in. I can think of authors who I generally liked but put out a book or two that I didn't care for, but none that I had that extreme of a reaction to.

Anyone else have that experience? For that matter, how do others hear feel about Ringo's various books?

05-10-2018, 10:59 AM	#1
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	John Ringo I first read John Ringo back in 2000, with his mainline Posleen War books, and liked them a lot. Then I read the Empire of Man series that he co-wrote with David Weber and liked those a lot. But then, I found his spin off series uninteresting (Cally's War and the Council Wars) and his Paladin of Shadows series pretty much clinched the deal for me. Ringo was off my reading list. I decided to take a chance on Ringo again when he came out with his Black Tide Rising series, and really liked it. That lead me to try the Troy Rising series and found that I liked that one as well. When he came out with his Monster Hunter Memoirs, I really liked those (just finished the last as an ARC), so I went back to the Looking Glass series, which I had because they were included in the Baen ebook monthly bundles. Nope, still didn't care for them. That's a fairly unique experience for me. I can't really think of any other author where I liked their initial books, then put out a group of books that I didn't care for, and after almost a decade, started to put out books that I liked again. I can think of authors who I liked at first, and then lost interest in. I can think of authors who I generally liked but put out a book or two that I didn't care for, but none that I had that extreme of a reaction to. Anyone else have that experience? For that matter, how do others hear feel about Ringo's various books?