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Old 07-26-2021, 08:03 PM   #271
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
I call this "I'm Breaking Up With You":
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Snort, lol. Yup. I know, the Laurell K. Hamiltons of the world don't give two hot damns if I stop reading them, but a girl's got her principles. (I didn't stop reading her around cliffhangers. I stopped reading her, because she completely trashed a great, unique little series with porny crap that didn't even have any plot value. I really liked the first 4-5 Anita Blakes, but then they just started to fall off ye olden plot cliff. I always found it a bit interesting that her plotting and mystery elements went straight to hell, at pretty much the exact same time that she divorced her then-husband. Hmmmm.....)

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Originally Posted by DuskyRose View Post
I could go with complete short/side stories, or prequels. There are a few, very short, side stories in Michael J. Sullivan's "Riyria Chronicles" fantasy series that I enjoyed. As well as some of the short stories in the "Dresden Files" universe, by Jim Butcher.

But I'd have to trust the author, and the stories would have to be complete.
Yes, ditto. I suspect that Vella is a loooong ways away for me. I have exceedingly few writers that I trust that much. It seems like those of us who've been fans of a given writer, etc. are always getting hosed for ducats. (And don't get me wrong, dammit, I want writers and publishers to get their whack, I do. But I mean, DAYYYAM, as an example, Simon Green, an author who's stuff I've read for years now, has Kindle books at $20+! TWENTY dollars? For a license to read 192 print paperback pages? Yup, he's gone on my "will only buy used paper copies" list, so that neither he nor the publisher gets a penny. Sorry, but, ever since he went with Severn House, his prices have become obscene.)

Sorry for my rant.

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