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He is also, to my mind, maybe the worst author to bring up defending extremely long books, considering even his fans usually acknowledge...

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is amazing. Her health issues probably mean we'll never get a full sized sequel, although her shorter...

The quality of the prose is one of the reasons I love Tolkien, Vance, Wolfe and Stephenson. If I derived anywhere near that pleasure...

I find places with physical books easier and more aesthetically pleasing to browse, and I find the experience of reading a physical book...

Also, as an aside, this is one of the few consistently positive and enjoyable threads on the site. It would be great if posters here...

Yep. Especially when you’re lugging around a few hundred to a few thousand ebooks on your ereader like I do. My wife keeps 2-3 books on...

That’s what Goodreads is for.

The reason I got an eReader in the first place was the Wheel of Time series. Because back then I was still commuting to work and...

A great example of how subjective tastes in art can be. I first sampled Jordon's WoT in a novella included in the 1998 Legends...

Nooooooo, the hand feel of a giant fat book is so delightful. The heft, the sensation of turning the pages. E-readers are souless, for me.

This is why they’ve become essential for me, or at least the #1 reason for it. My brain is finicky, and too many fine books on my...

Ok I have one last question, because you liked the comment where it was stated that The Great Gatsby is one of the best novels of all...

Even if @Parmandur will suffer, I really hope that the trend for fantasy books to become longer and longer will stop and reverse at some...

I love me some short novels, and I love me some long novels. The Great Gatsby is near perfect, and it weighs in at under 200 pages...