http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:11:41 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/03/100518.php#comment-67306 The Discworld books (which I've generally enjoyed, though I haven't been driven to obsessively read 'em all) are more like P.G. Wodehouse than an epic fantasy: the setting and some of the characters may be the same, but you can read each book by itself and get plenty of pleasure from the experience. (First Pratchett I read was <I>Hogfather,</I> in fact, which is at least twenty volumes into the series.) I can see Phillip's point about wanting to wait until all the books in a multi-volume epic are done - I'm still chafing and waiting for Stephen King to finish his <I>Dark Tower</I> series. But with writers I really like (Michael Moorcock, say) I'm personally willing to take the risk just to read something fresh from 'em. . . 67306@blogcritics.org Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:11:41 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/03/100518.php#comment-67300 I started reading Saberhagen's "Sword" series before he finished it -- what agony it was waiting, even if the last couple of books weren't of quite the same quality as the first nine! Woe to anyone (like my brother) waiting for Jordan to eve get around to finishing his epic series. At least Modesitt has kept up the quality of the "Recluce" series, even if it is a long time time between books! 67300@blogcritics.org Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:31:15 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/03/100518.php#comment-67298 ah, but the Discworld books are (mostly) so good... 67298@blogcritics.org Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:28:14 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/03/100518.php#comment-67231 I make it a point to never start a series of books that is not yet finished. Never again! 67231@blogcritics.org Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:04:29 EDT