Comments on: Reading: A new plan

By: David

David — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:41:01 +0000

“Youâ€™ll be glad that thereâ€™s only one book between book 6 & 7, because by then, you should really want to see things to their finish.”

That is true, and I will be edgy for “Otherland” to finish as well. It is this bi-polar pull that I am hoping will thrust me foward. In theory, it should work nicely. If so, I may do this style of set up more often.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 05:40:03 +0000

I think that your plan to bounce around a bit is good.

I’ve only rarely ran all the way through a series at once, and it’s only been fun a few times.

I can only speak to the Dark Tower books, but you should have no trouble getting through them in your current rotation. Wolves of Calla sort of lulls a bit in the middle for my tastes, but there are some interesting subtleties in there too.

You’ll be glad that there’s only one book between book 6 & 7, because by then, you should really want to see things to their finish.

I hope you can get through your challenge, and enjoy yourself along the way…

By: David

David — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:19:38 +0000

Yeah – that was kinda hinted at huh?

By: B-Sharp

B-Sharp — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 01:48:52 +0000

“[Reading] I feel it is the greatest form of entertainment one can have by themselves”

Well, I can think of something else that takes a lot less time that is pretty cool, um . . . by myself . . . (that would be cool)

By: David

David — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:57:37 +0000

Hyperion may have that happen. We will see how it goes. I am hoping this keeps things fresh and the hopscotching around will make the desire to get back help drive through other books and the desire to get back causes the need to get back to the other series. You see what I am going for here. My big concern is the end with a Dark Tower – Otherland swap back to back. I may be substituting a Discworld in there to break it up.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:51:18 +0000

I had thought about doing something like this myself. And I totally see the benefits. I read two books inbetween book 1 and 2 of Hobb’s “Liveship Traders” trilogy. Now that was because I was awaiting delivery of the books, but it was nice to go back to the characters, instead of continuing. I think I am having a bit of that right now with Hobb’s “Farseer” trilogy. It might have benefitted with a book or two inbetween, and I might still do that with book 2 and 3.

As for “Hyperion”, you could seriously read the two back to back and not get that “in a rut” feeling. The books are written differently. In the first, it’s characters telling their own story. In the second, it takes 3rd person (except one character’s chapters if I can remember correctly). And it is normal chapters of the story progressing. Not only that, new characters are introduced and/or you actually read about them interacting, instead of just being mentioned.

I think it’s a cool idea. Enjoy.