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I enjoy Recluce but they do tend to follow a formula; one that he follows pretty closely with the Imager series.
I picked up the bundle because I'd been actively watching prices on them, and had about half the Recluce books and none of the others. It's cleared off half a shelf of paperbacks. ![]() Modesitt did publish a timeline at one point but he recommends publication order for anyone new to the Recluce series. |
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I just have a hard time believing any author is skilled enough to write 20 books in the same series and make them all interesting without repeating himself or relying on formulas that get old after book five.
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Sometimes (read: most of the time, it seems, when it comes to mainstream fiction) the formula is what sells.
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You should read the Discworld novels. The underlying problems and solutions in each book are different, and diverge more-so as the series goes along and Pratchett finds his stride. Even the humor varies and isn't always predictable. Probably the only really consistent formula is the use of footnotes, but those are often some of the funniest things in the novels. Characters evolve over time as well, so their actions aren't always formulaic beyond basic character traits.
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The Mabinogion Tetralogy by Evangeline Walton is $2.99 at Amazon US and Kobo US.
I haven't read it, but when I saw it among the bargains, the author's name seemed familiar to me, so I thought I'd mention it here. https://www.amazon.com/Mabinogion-Te...dp/B07MW982G1/ https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...on-tetralogy-5 |
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I was also a bit surprised to find the download link for one of the books I bought downloaded the wrong book. They sent me the right book by email. I hope they make a success of it. It's certainly the model I was looking for (permanently owned books), but their selection isn't compelling enough for me yet. |
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After i get this month's books from Book Bale, I am going to cancel.
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Chuck Wendig's Mirian Black series is on sale for $3 each in the US (Kobo (only some are discounted ATM), Amazon)
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Even if Book Bale doesn't expand its offerings I've got a few more months to go before I run out of download candidates. I've been picking up some replacements for hard copy books by L. Sprague de Camp and Jack Chalker as well as some new titles.
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Old Man's War by John Scalzi - $1.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SEIK2S He won the HUGO for "Redshirts" but to my mind, this is his best. |
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The Human Division followed by The End of All Things. Harry Wilson returns from the original series, but he's the only one I remember. They were both originally released as serials, one chapter at a time.
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