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.

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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



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