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⌈ Secret Post #2120 ⌋

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Possibly related . . .

[feotakahari]

I'm having a harder and harder time finding high fantasy that isn't part of, at minimum, a thick trilogy. At worst, it's part of a series of 6-10 volumes or longer (and while I've read series longer than 10 volumes that were still good by volume 10, I've never read one that, having lasted past 10, was still good by the volume the author finally decided to end it at.) No one seems to know or care when they've reached the point where there's nothing left to say.

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[(Anonymous)]

I can't really blame anyone for that. Gotta get that paper. But it definitely does detract from the quality of a lot of series, unfortunately. I'm at the point where I'm definitely very, very reluctant to start reading any new fantasy series, most of what I read is oriented around single novels by now.

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[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, my interest in epic, multivolume fantasy died a long time ago. More and more, I come to realize that one of the most important aspects of being an author is knowing when to *stop.*

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[hiyami]

In the case of published writers, not knowing when to stop probably has a lot to do with being asked to do more novels in the same line.

Fic writers? Now, that's just self-indulgent when it goes over 20 chapters, unless they're writing an epic story and wrote the complete outline before they start putting it online.

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[(Anonymous)]

~money~

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[(Anonymous)]

Try Lois McMaster Bujold's Chalion series (three stand-alone books) and the Sharing Knife (four books that she originally planned as two, but the publishers made her split it up).

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[ketita]

I was going to rec the Chalion books!
I mean, Lois McMaster Bujold is amazing in general, and I just loved her take on fantasy in those.

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[(Anonymous)]

Look for anthologies, or read the magazines. That was the only way to get shorter doses in the 1990s, when I was reading SFF extensively. (Not anymore though, ah woe is me, song for my lost youth/young adult years, etc., etc.)

Whoever recced Charles de Lint upthread is on the money. Octavia Butler too. And don't forget LeGuin's bird-people books and stories (Sorry, sorry! I always forget the name of the race, so that's what I call it in my head.) Also, if you've not read ANY LeGuin, The Dispossessed, Lathe of Heaven, and Left Hand of Darkness are GOOD, GOOD, BOOKS. Take it from me.

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[(Anonymous)]

imagine me giving you a high five, through the medium of the internet

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[ariakas]

Tigana. It's a complete, standalone fantasy novel by Guy Gavriel Kay. I'm not his biggest fan, but I found it very readable and many people love it to death.

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[(Anonymous)]

Tigana is actually my least-favorite Kay. I'd recommend THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN or UNDER HEAVEN (one of my favorite books EVER) first--though, admittedly, they have little to no magic. But I think Kay's books tend to get better as he moves away from the fantasy elements.