Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 14:42:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Samuel Lubell <samlubell at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Skiffy Book Club Top 50
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

--- Lawhorn_W <Lawhorn_W at bls.gov> wrote:
> I was also surprised that after keeping fans
> ravenous for more books, the
> Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan didn't make it.  That
> series has attracted
> many adult non-Skiffy readers... similar to
> Rawlings.  He will of course be
> hurt by no movie related publicity.
>
> My two cents.
>
> Bill Lawhorn

Unlike the Harry Potter books which are mostly
complete in themselves the Wheel of Time books are
more or less a continuous narrative.  And since he
hasn't written the end yet (or even come close to it),
we can't really say how good the series is.

And the amount of padding is incredible.  The most
recent book was 100% padding.  Absolutely nothing
happened until the very last page.  The hero of the
series didn't even appear until after page 500.

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