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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Depends on the quality of the sequels. I can easily lose interest if the quality of the subsequent books takes a dive downhill. Which it does in most cases, unless each book can stand alone (most mystery series fall into this category, as the OP already mentioned).
Janny Wurts "The Wars of Light and Shadow" comes to mind as well. I was a huge fan of the first book back in 1996, the second and third were ok, the fourth was barely there... and I haven't read the rest, although I've bought them all.
As to "The Wheel of Time", which I'm just re-reading among other things, it's awful to say something like this, but perhaps Jordan's early death was a good thing as far as finishing the series went. Had he not died, who knows how long he would have rambled on. Yes, of course it's not a nice thing to say, but there the fact looms...
Also the Vorkosigan series, which I'm also re-reading. Surprisingly it was very good up to the 8th book (I think?), A Civil Campaign (I mean to include the latter among the good ones). After that it dived downward and I lost interest. IMHO, of course.
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Yes, I read the Wars of Light and Shadow. I've got the first several in hard back. I think I have through Fugitive Prince and never read the rest. I had to look at Wiki to see how many more books there are.
I agree with Jordon. I frequently say that after the first couple, the books seriously needed an editor who was willing to be firm with him.
The Civil Campaign is also the last of the Vorkosigan that I really liked. I'm not sure if I just lost the train of action, or didn't really care for the change of focus. I haven't read the last couple.