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But then, I don't like many very popular authors. Steven Erikson, Robert Heinlein, Joe Abercrombie, to name but a few. And not Moorcock, either, actually. I did manage to finish an omnibus volume of his Elric books many years ago, but my reaction to those was pretty much 'meh'. OTOH, I do like some popular authors. Tolkien, of course. George R.R. Martin. Robert Jordan. Brandon Sanderson. Brent Weeks. And many more. |
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But The Lord of the Rings held no interest for me. I thought the movies were spectacular and I read through the books once. But that was enough for me. |
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The Hobbit was my childhood favorite too (in the excellent Estonian translation). And I liked the LoTR movies, have watched them several times. Last edited by Sirtel; 08-29-2019 at 01:58 PM. |
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I think Frank Herbert did a comparable job with Dune. There was lots of stuff where you knew there was more there than what you were 'seeing' as a reader* I appreciate that sort of back story. I just don't think every last bit of it needs to be explored in future works. Doing that can rob the initial work of some of what made it special. In movies, George Lucas did a good job of fake history with Star Wars. Talking about the time before the empire and the clone wars. What a neat world. But then the follow-up trilogy happened and a lot of that lost its luster. *Incidentally, there's a good video comparing the work of Tolkien and Herbert, explaining why their made-up fantasy names don't inadvertently make you laugh the way some others do: Last edited by ZodWallop; 08-29-2019 at 02:39 PM. |
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Bingo! Most readers only think they want more, more, more from their favorite works/settings/worlds, when in fact, they really want more of the wonder they felt from reading the first books. None of which can be renewed by shining more and more light into every nook and cranny of the areas that you used to fill with your imagination. The ultimate result of the "more, more, please more" approach is the slow death of the wonder/mystery that attracted you in the first place. Better to be left wanting more than to risk getting it and not liking it. Middle Earth is done. Its creator is dead. Let it be done (except for the re-tellings, of course).
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If I am reading a series that's finished or has enough books, I'll go with chronological if it's not written that way. That's how I prefer it.
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It varies with the reader, but just as one example, how many wish they'd stopped with GRRM after the third book? |
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I am still reading Discworld. I've enjoyed most of the books iIve read so far. And I expect that to be the same as I keep reading. A good example of a series I gave up on was the Robert Jordan Wheel of Time series. |
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I actually did. I moved on to the TV series, when that came out. I don't think I'll finish the book series now, even if GRRM does. Don't really care anymore. He waited too long.
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08-29-2019, 05:42 PM | #60 |
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The book nonsense soured me on TV show even. From the bits and pieces I saw of the first two seasons, I don't feel like I've missed out on much by passing on HBO's A Game of Blood and Boobs, either.
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