The extended series fantasy has created a reading aesthetic that refuses a status quo and/or completion.
I agree.
I've also noticed a trend of everything needing to come in "trilogies" - including, unfortunately, stories that neither need nor ought to come in three distinct segments.
I do like that analogy of the writer taking the readers on a journey. I know that on many a good trip I've been on, I haven't wanted it to be over. Naturally, I've felt that way about characters in well-written books and movie/television series.
However, I appreciate when authors stick with the "less is more", and end things when they are in a good place... rather than dragging them on, forever (or until everyone gets bored with the story).
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Date: 2007-07-17 06:04 pm (UTC)I agree.
I've also noticed a trend of everything needing to come in "trilogies" - including, unfortunately, stories that neither need nor ought to come in three distinct segments.
I do like that analogy of the writer taking the readers on a journey. I know that on many a good trip I've been on, I haven't wanted it to be over. Naturally, I've felt that way about characters in well-written books and movie/television series.
However, I appreciate when authors stick with the "less is more", and end things when they are in a good place... rather than dragging them on, forever (or until everyone gets bored with the story).