the rant of the bibliophile

Mar 28, 2004 20:00

God damn it. I have just finished a really good book. Normally, this would be cause for some excitement or, at least, happiness. Well, the problem is that this great book is part of an unfinished series.**cries** Not another one!!!! What ever happend to those jewels that stood alone without the support of x number of other books to back them up? It seems like every single one of my favorite authors has chosen the "let's write a series" bent. I understand that it allows the story and characters to grow without rushing events along, but it is the damn waiting that i can't stand. Read a book and then wait half a year, if you are lucky, for its follow-up...arrgghhh!! I just want a good book to read.
You know what, fuck it. Fuck fantasy and your endless stream of sagas and series. Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlam, faithful compatriots and champions of stand-alone literature, I look to you once more. Just for a change of era, i'm thinking of picking up "The Count of Monte Christo" again. That was a fucking good book.
Eh. This seems to be a trivial thing for me to waste breath on, but, damn it, it is important to me. Besides, if i can't be stupid in my journal, wtf? So there.



Mpho
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