The Discworld books are only a "series" by the second-weakest definition (books set in the same world by the same author; the weakest is merely books set in the same world -- considering all books set in the Forgotten Realms or in the Star Trek universe to be part of the same series seems a bit dicey). I mean, exactly what does Mort have to do with Lords and Ladies or The Truth? Pratchett has four series set on the Disc (Death, Rincewind, Watch, Witches, plus the standalones and the YA books), but they're not (for the most part) tightly linked books.
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Michael Tree
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Likewise. War and Peace, a book renowned for not much happening, is 1/3 the size of the wheel of time behemoth, and has 10x the action and adventure.KenM said:
Les Miserables, another huge 1000+ page book, has several entire 50+ page chapters about events that are entirely extraneous to the story which exist only because the author thought they were cool (ie. the nature of Paris's sewer system, the battle of waterloo, etc.), and it's still a rolling juggernaught of action and character development compared to WoT.
Even the Tale of the Genjii, which is enormous and almost entirely lacks a plot, is full of much more character development, interesting events, beautiful language, and just mood in general, compared to WoT.
shilsen
Adventurer
Staffan said:
Off topic, but I have to agree. Pratchett is hands down the best author I have read, and in any genre, not just fantasy. He's the only author I can reread more than Shakespeare and Tolkien and still find something new to appreciate every time.
And drothgery - bah, critics
Rabelais
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I used to love WOT
Until I read some books by quality authors. Honestly now... if Nynaeve scowls, and pulls her braid one more time I quit!
The problem with the characters is that they NEVER listen to one another. what they need is text messaging
Amyrln: Rand!
Drgnrbrn: Yo
Amyrln: Blk AS R teh suk
Drgnrbrn: Duh111
Until I read some books by quality authors. Honestly now... if Nynaeve scowls, and pulls her braid one more time I quit!
The problem with the characters is that they NEVER listen to one another. what they need is text messaging
Amyrln: Rand!
Drgnrbrn: Yo
Amyrln: Blk AS R teh suk
Drgnrbrn: Duh111
Having two not so great books in a ten-novel (so far) series isn't so bad. That those two are two of the last three... that's bad. I remembered that tPoD just wasn't very well-written, but especially if you read them in sequence, it really sticks out. It's really hard to believe that RJ can write anything that stilted, and that's the main reason why I think tPoD is far, far worse than CoT. In CoT nothing happened. In tPoD, almost nothing happened, and it was painful to read.
barsoomcore
Unattainable Ideal
Okay that made both me and Mrs. Barsoom giggle.Rabelais said:
Re: http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=85881 -- It took very little time to determine that Mr. Jordan was not doing anything of interest to me.
