Does anybody here have a favorite fiction novel?

[stifled]

It will probably never get finished either.

I think I got like 4 books into that series and then stopped waiting for him to finish the freaking series FIVE YEARS AGO. It really is ludicrous.

One of the other fantasy/scifi authors I like, David Weber, pumps out 2-3 books a year in multiple series.

George RR Martin must be a lazy bastard. At this point if he decided to finally finish the next book I would need to read all the previous books again just to remember basic plot points.

Yea, I think it's just that some authors can write and write like Stephen King and some just aren't as lucky. Maybe he got paralyzed by the success of the series finally. Who knows, but I'm in the same position. I usually try to only read complete series because I like reading the entire things at once and made an exception for A Game of Thrones because at the time (3 years ago) the 5th book was imminent! Well, here I am 3 years later, and I'll need character introductions and a few chapters to get me up to date on what's going on. I hate re-reading books, just because I want to read so many...

[theblackknight]

Atlas Shrugged used to be fiction.

[jaydoc1]

Someone mentioned Robert Jordan earlier. I was 9 or so books into The Wheel of Time when my wife asked, "What happens if he dies before that series is finished?"

Prophetic.

Luckily the guy they got to wrap it up for him had voluminous notes on the final book plus Jordan's wife who was his editor to help him so the last couple books (just started the first of them) should at least finish the way Jordan intended.

Hard to be pissed off at a dead guy but, jeez, I invested several years of my life reading that damn series. Then he goes and dies before he finishes it?!

[Preferred User]

I am a huge techno-thriller fan. The closer to reality the better. Clancey, Ludlum, etc. are always on my list. Just read Early Warning by Michael Walsh. Makes one think. . .

[LHS]

Yea, I think it's just that some authors can write and write like Stephen King and some just aren't as lucky. Maybe he got paralyzed by the success of the series finally. Who knows, but I'm in the same position. I usually try to only read complete series because I like reading the entire things at once and made an exception for A Game of Thrones because at the time (3 years ago) the 5th book was imminent! Well, here I am 3 years later, and I'll need character introductions and a few chapters to get me up to date on what's going on. I hate re-reading books, just because I want to read so many...

I read "A Game of Thrones" in 1996 or so, and was spellbound. I have patiently waited for each new novel to come out. It's been what, almost 6 years since the 4th book came out? HURRY IT UP ALREADY DUDE!

[Magic_Salad0892]

So is actually reading A Game of Thrones actually worth it? or should I just wait until he writes the last one then read them all?

[stifled]

So is actually reading A Game of Thrones actually worth it? or should I just wait until he writes the last one then read them all?

The last finished book leaves a whole pile of unanswered questions. I'd wait. It was extremely frustrating reading everything that was out, and it's now been 3 years for me waiting for the last book to come out. What's out though is amazing.

[Gutshot John]

I thought Game of Thrones was a good read and since I've been back at school I haven't been tempted to start book 2.

If you obsessively move from book to book needing to have every answer to every plot twist, than maybe wait. If you can enjoy a book on its own merits and slowly take the time to enjoy every nuance in a richly detailed fictional world...pick it up and decide.

[Littlelebowski]

It WOULD be, if the fat bastard ever finishes it instead of Robert Jordan-ing everybody!

Sour grapes, on my part; I actually DO know that George R.R. Martin isn't beholden to me....but, damn.....

Oh my Dawkins....you're a D&D player.

[JSantoro]

Y'know, that reminds me that we need a "flipping LL off" emoticon....

Jaydoc, the guy they shoehorned into ghost-writing Jordan's last books is actually carrying the weight pretty well