Raj Shekhar wrote, [on 06/16/2010 02:16 AM]:
After I read Dune, I was very impressed. Then I picked up its sequel,
Dune Messiah and plodded through it. I then picked up its sequel,
Children of Dune and could not go beyond the first 10 or 15 pages and I
gave up on that series. Today I learned that there were 6 novels in the
Dune series.
As you found out, it is better to stop with the first book. (Though I
wonder how it would be written, or even received, today - with its
constant harping on 'Jihad')
There are several series I've given up on partway through. Some examples:
* The Wheel of Time
* The Song of Ice and Fire
* Anita Blake (this one was a real pity - I loved it until book 9 or so,
after which it became shoddily done porn. I object more to the shoddy part.)
* I couldn't get past chapter 1 of the 3rd Takeshi Kovacs book. Again, a
real pity.
Udhay
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