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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 3373055" data-attributes="member: 34175">Ah, but therein lies the genius of his writing style, unless you are a devotee of R.E. Howard and read all of his stuff, you'd never know that. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> /That's sarcasm BTW/No, I'm not saying that I stop reading an author when they have 'too many books' but, when the quality of what they write no longer inspires me.  I loved the original Anne McCaffrey Pern novels, they were somewhat innovative and very evocative mentally, as the series went on, I found myself reading the same story over and over again, so I stopped reading her stuff.  I'm with Jordan for the long haul on WoT because 'by God he WILL finish this story!'  But I will NEVER pick up another copy of work with his name on it unless it is a single story, not a serial.  He can evoke very detailed written images, I just don't want to read 36 volumes to find the story. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I loved the 'Shannara' books when they first were published, the first three were very similar to LotR, but different enough and spanning a few generations that they had their own charm, by the end of the second series I was forcing myself to pick them up and read them, so I never picked up the current one. I understand how hard it is to be creative and 'on' all the time, a DM is in a very similar position... "OH, this is just like the time that we...."  So I can appreciate that a professional writer that has choosen to make their living by be creative must be under constant stress between being 'on' and being fed and clothed.  But as a consumer, I feel no sense of imposed loyalty to always buy author X when Y and Z are currently doing something better.  I mentioned "Harry Potter" in an earlier post about being well thought out, and I can use this example to explain - There are a planned six (or is it seven) books in this series covering the life of a child in school, concerning the trials of puberty while fighting evil with magic.  (No, I don't read them but anyone can read a syllabus).  After that final book, it's over, done, no more Potter, no more Hogwart's, no more Rowling writing about magic.  IF she holds to that, she has figured out more than many writer's have, that lightning doesn't strike twice and you can't catch it in a bottle.   If she decides to do another story about a little girl that grows a garden and talks to the faeries that inhabit it, that would be fine, if all of those faeries begin to start talking about Harry and Hogwart's - Houston we have disconnect.I am picky and I have only a set amount of money to spend, I prefer to be entertained by something 'completely different'.  If I want a re-hash of LotR, I'll pick-up the original, if I want to read about Pern, I'll read the 'Singer/Song' or 'Riders' series that I already own.  If I want to read about Shannara, my copies of the original three eagerly await my page turning and dog-earing, I already own them, why buy them again under a new title?   I get the point you are trying to make, I really do, I'm just one that wants something fresh, is that too much to ask, realistically? (Please reply, I really want to know what you think about this?)</blockquote>

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