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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I guess it could be cliff hanger. I was thinking more in terms of unresolved plot points as opposed to a real cliff hanger. Of course, it's also possible there were business reasons for the quick release of Battle Ground, for example, the publisher had a hole in their release schedule that month. September is a big month for books. The trailers don't scream cliff hanger to me.
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What bothers me is that they are so close together, the two releases. Peace Talks and Battle Ground. Makes me feel as though the publisher took one look at the "finished" ms for PT, saw a cliffhanger and thought "uh, oh, his fans will burn him at the stake after all these years for this BS," and immediately slated BG right behind it.
CAVEAT: That is all totally my imagination; I do NOT have inside info on him or his books with that publisher, let me be clear.
I had an interesting experience, the last time I re-read a Dresden. It's the one that opens with Harry doing parkour through the island and I guess I realized that I'd lost the plot, so to speak...and I wasn't sure I really
cared any longer. Somewhere along the way, from a series I truly loved, I disengaged. Not sure where it happened, but that sort of "what's happening" feeling and the ridiculous duration of the drought...I've found a LOT of other urban fantasy writers, in those years that have continued to deliver. {shrug}
So...I'll wait, at the very least, for BG and I might even wait and buy both in DT used.
Hitch