Bacardi Jim Wrote:Dr. Wilson:
I'm a fan. I'm a huge fan. I discovered you back in 1979 when I read The Keep on a Greyhound Bus on my way to a college interview, and I never let go. I've read two of your medical thrillers (meh), the entire LaNague cycle and, most importantly, both the Adversary Cycle and the Repairman Jack series.
And, after reading Black Wind and By the Sword back to back over the last week..... WTF are you doing?????????
You already wrote what is probably the best horror/adventure/sci-fi combo series there has ever been. The Adversary Cycle is a true work of art, spanning 50+ years and at least four different literary genres to tell an amazing story... a story that is neatly wrapped up and actually contained within the six books.
As much as I love Jack, you've lost all focus.
And I DO love Jack. The Tomb rests solidly amongst my Top Ten books of all time, and I do my best to sing your praises and win converts on other book/Kindle forums.
But... WTF????
By my last count, you now have at least seven different players involved in the Nightworld-Endgame. There's this unborn baby--that means everything... even though we know it doesn't. (Cuz we've all read Nightworld and we know it comes down to a showdown between Glaeken and another Rasalom-rebirth/empowerment.) Septimus. Kickers. Kaze. Dormentalists. Kakureta Kao. The Katana that means nothing because we already know the source-metal for the Sword... The Lady... you have, over the last few years, made them all important in the final scenario... when you already had a perfectly crafted final scenario!
I admire you greatly as an author. But do you truly believe that you can somehow wrap all this together and write a better version of Nightworld when the time comes with all these disparate, random (though fascinating) threads out there?
I just don't get it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
You GREATLY underestimate our Fearless Leader.
But first, let me say welcome to the board. And I love your screenname. Too many nights have passed where in the morning I wake quoting Jack Sparrow. "Where's the rum gone?!?"
I do not read many authors at all these days. Honestly most authors should never have been allowed to have books in print. The publishers only do so because what else will they print? And the more crap they print the more people will have to buy crap. Such is the sad state of affairs the book industry.
I can spend hours, literally
HOURS looking for a book worth a damn in any given bookstore.
Aside from old favorites like Lovecraft and Heinlein who's fingers are no longer typing on this plain of existence, there are about three authors I will read. Paul is at the top of that list, and with good reason. He doesn't write anything that isn't top notch.
And The Man knows how to weave a storyline so that everything seems to be falling apart but then it all falls into place making you feel stupid for not seeing it all along.
So, just sit back and keep reading. Trust me. You will see.
Bacardi Jim Wrote:Actually, I loved the last paragraph. But I kicked the wall repeatedly (as well as making the old familiar "jacking off" gesture) while reading the last two books.
Wow. You fit in already.
Welcome aboard.