Hope Springs Eternal... Bringing Despair
posted by Jen | 6:41 PM
"The Wheel of Time turns, the ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth and even myth is long forgotten" when the books that gave it birth are finally all written.
I love fantasy novels. Ever since I read The Lord of the Rings in 7th grade, I've been hooked on the genre. I sometimes have to force myself to read new things rather than re-reading my favorite fantasy serieseses... (What is the plural of series? Oh, series.) Fantasy is about the only thing I can pick up and be sure that I'll love. I read them over, and over, and over. Even for such a huge fan, though, the series lengths are getting insane. Amazon.com has this thing where you can write a top 25 list. If you put all the Robert Jordan books and all the Terry Goodkind books on the list, you are up to 21. 21!!! For anyone who isn't familiar, these books do not have individual endings. The story just goes on, and on, and on, and on...
It's very disappointing. I was mad after I finished reading Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan. Honestly, after 10 books, I feel like I am owed some sort of plot resolution. Jordan is a great author, and even reading about nothing by him is interesting. But, come on! It makes me very reluctant to read any books that I know are in a series that hasn't been finished.
What pisses me off even more is that I can't make myself wait to buy these books in paperback, much less do what I really should and check them out from the library. It's like there is some sort of literary habit-forming drug. Maybe they put something on the pages that soaks through your skin. I guess it just goes to show that down below my exterior aura of realism I'm really an eternal optimist. Otherwise, I'd realize that it's just not going to happen and give up.
I love fantasy novels. Ever since I read The Lord of the Rings in 7th grade, I've been hooked on the genre. I sometimes have to force myself to read new things rather than re-reading my favorite fantasy serieseses... (What is the plural of series? Oh, series.) Fantasy is about the only thing I can pick up and be sure that I'll love. I read them over, and over, and over. Even for such a huge fan, though, the series lengths are getting insane. Amazon.com has this thing where you can write a top 25 list. If you put all the Robert Jordan books and all the Terry Goodkind books on the list, you are up to 21. 21!!! For anyone who isn't familiar, these books do not have individual endings. The story just goes on, and on, and on, and on...
It's very disappointing. I was mad after I finished reading Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan. Honestly, after 10 books, I feel like I am owed some sort of plot resolution. Jordan is a great author, and even reading about nothing by him is interesting. But, come on! It makes me very reluctant to read any books that I know are in a series that hasn't been finished.
What pisses me off even more is that I can't make myself wait to buy these books in paperback, much less do what I really should and check them out from the library. It's like there is some sort of literary habit-forming drug. Maybe they put something on the pages that soaks through your skin. I guess it just goes to show that down below my exterior aura of realism I'm really an eternal optimist. Otherwise, I'd realize that it's just not going to happen and give up.
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Amen Sister!!
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