That's a pretty cynical point of view, and not really even close to reality. I always get irritated when readers ascribe meta-reasoning to authors behind writing choices they may not like.
That being said, I'm fairly reluctant these days to pick up an unfinished series without a lot of excellent recommendation from people I know; partly because of series like WoT and The Dark Tower that I started reading in the late 80's, and partly because I just enjoy reading a series all at once more than I Do reading it spaced out over years.
But, if I have the choice, I will always take waiting for an author to write the book that they want to write versus a rushed piece of junk created to meet an artificial deadline (anyone remember the last book of The Deathgate Cycle?)
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Date: 2009-05-15 06:38 am (UTC)That being said, I'm fairly reluctant these days to pick up an unfinished series without a lot of excellent recommendation from people I know; partly because of series like WoT and The Dark Tower that I started reading in the late 80's, and partly because I just enjoy reading a series all at once more than I Do reading it spaced out over years.
But, if I have the choice, I will always take waiting for an author to write the book that they want to write versus a rushed piece of junk created to meet an artificial deadline (anyone remember the last book of The Deathgate Cycle?)