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Re: Good thinking... Camilla Send a noteboard - 08/03/2011 11:17:48 PM

Waiting for previous one, and based on experience with Jordan just like you (and how time-consumming it was to re read everything again before every release, and to use other means to keep it fresh to my memory like discussion forums) and realising I'd get in the very same situation of having to re read the previous volumes everytime, I've stopped reading ASOIAF until it's completed and I could read it all in one go. As far as I'm concerned, GRRM can take 20 more years, I've freed myself and looking at what happened with DWD I can only be happy I did.


I did that with Erikson. I have read the first two. I am not reading any more till he is done and I have a lot of time on my hands.

I guess at some point I realised for me waiting for books could be socially fun (but time-consumming), but otherwise it's a wholly negative experience. With the re reads, following more than one or two ongoing series would eat up way, way too much of my reading time. Even "excitement" and "anticipation" are very overrated. In my experience it leads most of the time to creating way too many expectations (even more when it's a shared experience in a fan community, I think).


Agreed. I have always liked the speculations, but I have also paid enough attention to notice that quite often (certainly when Jordan was involved) the speculations were much better than what was actually delivered. It just wasn't satisfying.

Similarly, I've stopped watching all "serials" type of TV shows and wait for the DVD/Blue Ray.


I have not gone that far. But on the whole I prefer discovering a series after it has been cancelled.
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