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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
They don't want you to have that information. I agree it should be made plain. That's why if I'm unsure, I wait until some whose opinion I trust has read it before I start. That way they can tell me if there's closure, or if it's just left as an open-ended mess. I would like to start Peter F. Hamilton's newest series, for instance. But I've been assured there's no closure, so I'll wait.
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I think that much of the time, they are waiting to see how well the first book sells. The Eye of the World, the first book in the WOT series, I thought was a fairly satisfying stand alone read. Yes, there was a lot more story line to develop, but the basic plot line and initial quest finished up. You weren't left hanging. For that matter, Name of the Wind was a pretty satisfying stand alone, in my book.