Comments on: Trilogies – how do you like them?

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:23:28 +0000

And I think that is pretty sensible Glenda except once you get pretty old, will you ever get to read the books at all?

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:24:37 +0000

Hi Wielli…yes, I think you will have to be patient for the Spice trilogy. I haven't even got a publication date for the first book yet!

I must admit that I am not buying GRRM's books as they are published, but I'm not reading them. I'll do that when the series is completed!

By: wielli

wielli — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:31:59 +0000

I know I come to this post rather late 😉 but this is an interesting question.
I love multi-book series, the longer, the better (I'm thinking here of George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars, etc.). However, I am very impatient, so I cannot stand the idea of picking up part 1 of a series until the whole series is finished. After I read your Mirage Makers series, for example, I was dying to read your Stormlord series, but I waited until book 3 was out until I bought them. The thought of having to wait months, in some cases years for the sequels would drive me nuts. As it does now with Martin's series; I LOVE SoIaF, but waiting for the next book is agony.
As for the cliffhanger question: Given my approach, it doesn't really matter as the next book is always right there, waiting to be read 😉
Can't wait to see what you come up with next! The Spices story sounds intriguing, but I guess it'll be a while until all 3 (or more?) are out, so I'll have to be patient…

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:15:54 +0000

I agree, it is nice to have some sort of closure of something at the end of each book. Trouble is, what the author thinks is is an ending of something, the reader might mot find satisfying. I actually thought that the ending of The Last Stormlord brought quite a few things to a conclusion:

Kaneth and Ryka reach a recognition of where their relationship is going, Terelle escapes, Jasper jumps out of the flying pan…

Trouble is the story isn't over. And one reviewer spent the whole review complaining that it wasn't fair to the reader because there wasn't a story arc. Well, I thought there was. He didn't. Sigh.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:11:47 +0000

Meaning you got through OK I hope. Merry Christmas.

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:53:21 +0000

Fortunately, my daughter is in Glasgow, Jo – so we didn't book thru Heathrow!

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:36:40 +0000

I am waiting for that book too. Same as the Clan of the Cave Bear series. You kind of forget who's what. Right now I am reading Towers of Midnight which is book 13in the Wheel of Time series. I am having trouble remember the lesser characters in that.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:37:52 +0000

Hi Jo,

The series is "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin.
Last book came out in Oct-05 in Australia.

By: Ted Mahsun

Ted Mahsun — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:05:42 +0000

While I do love trilogies/series, I prefer a series of standalone books set in the same universe/world such as China Mieville's Bas Lag books or Iain M Banks' Culture books because I have a terrible memory.

Sometimes I just can't remember a reference to a certain character or a certain location in the first book while I am reading the third book. Just an example.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:36:31 +0000

I'm curious Peter, which series is that?