Doug Pensinger wrote <snip>
> Long ain't the problem. The problem is they suck. The first one > was great, but they became less and less substantial until by the > time I quit reading them (either book 6 or 16, it doesn't much > matter) they were boring as hell. I always thought that he should > have ended that series and done a prequel series - the historical > references he makes are intriguing. Too bad, there was a lot of > potential there. --------------------------------- A few months back, one the of the reviewers in "Locus" was lamenting the length of these epic fantasies and, by implication, the length of the epics. Close quote: Reader: "Oh, boy! Another 1000 pages in my favorite universe by my favorite author." Reviewer: "Another 1000 pages of the same old stuff." George A _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
