Musings on SciFi Book Length [Self]Comments on: http://www.kyle-brady.com/2009/01/03/musings-on-scifi-book-length/ coherent thoughts on diverse topics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:11:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kyle Brady http://www.kyle-brady.com/2009/01/03/musings-on-scifi-book-length/#comment-2524 Kyle Brady Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:57:28 +0000 http://www.kyle-brady.com/?p=1030#comment-2524 Hi Mary,<br><br>All very true.<br><br>Charles Stross pretty much started this debate [ <a href="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2008/12/why_are_sf_and_fantasy_novels.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/200...</a> ], which continued in the comments on his blog, and blogs elsewhere.<br><br>But it's not a new debate... Stross just added his authority/weight to the argument, which seemed to be pretty successful at gaining attention for the "Issue".<br><br>--Kyle Hi Mary,

All very true.

Charles Stross pretty much started this debate [ http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/200... ], which continued in the comments on his blog, and blogs elsewhere.

But it's not a new debate… Stross just added his authority/weight to the argument, which seemed to be pretty successful at gaining attention for the “Issue”.

–Kyle

]]> By: Mary Fagan http://www.kyle-brady.com/2009/01/03/musings-on-scifi-book-length/#comment-2523 Mary Fagan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:30:25 +0000 http://www.kyle-brady.com/?p=1030#comment-2523 I'm with you. In fact, ANY book should be as long as it takes to tell the story. Look how long the Harry Potter books got. Were we bored? No! Even after Page 926 I hated to see it end. Same with Christopher Paolini's 4-book Inheritance trilogy. He made a live video on his website explaining that the story just wasn't ready to end, and that even though he loved long books there was a limit as to how much one volume could reasonably cover. Who the heck was debating the "con" side of long books? I'm with you. In fact, ANY book should be as long as it takes to tell the story. Look how long the Harry Potter books got. Were we bored? No! Even after Page 926 I hated to see it end. Same with Christopher Paolini's 4-book Inheritance trilogy. He made a live video on his website explaining that the story just wasn't ready to end, and that even though he loved long books there was a limit as to how much one volume could reasonably cover. Who the heck was debating the “con” side of long books?

]]> By: Kyle Brady http://www.kyle-brady.com/2009/01/03/musings-on-scifi-book-length/#comment-923 Kyle Brady Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:57:28 +0000 http://www.kyle-brady.com/?p=1030#comment-923 Hi Mary,<br><br>All very true.<br><br>Charles Stross pretty much started this debate [ <a href="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2008/12/why_are_sf_and_fantasy_novels.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/200...</a> ], which continued in the comments on his blog, and blogs elsewhere.<br><br>But it's not a new debate... Stross just added his authority/weight to the argument, which seemed to be pretty successful at gaining attention for the "Issue".<br><br>--Kyle Hi Mary,

All very true.

Charles Stross pretty much started this debate [ http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/200... ], which continued in the comments on his blog, and blogs elsewhere.

But it's not a new debate… Stross just added his authority/weight to the argument, which seemed to be pretty successful at gaining attention for the “Issue”.

–Kyle

]]> By: Mary Fagan http://www.kyle-brady.com/2009/01/03/musings-on-scifi-book-length/#comment-922 Mary Fagan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:30:25 +0000 http://www.kyle-brady.com/?p=1030#comment-922 I'm with you. In fact, ANY book should be as long as it takes to tell the story. Look how long the Harry Potter books got. Were we bored? No! Even after Page 926 I hated to see it end. Same with Christopher Paolini's 4-book Inheritance trilogy. He made a live video on his website explaining that the story just wasn't ready to end, and that even though he loved long books there was a limit as to how much one volume could reasonably cover. Who the heck was debating the "con" side of long books? I'm with you. In fact, ANY book should be as long as it takes to tell the story. Look how long the Harry Potter books got. Were we bored? No! Even after Page 926 I hated to see it end. Same with Christopher Paolini's 4-book Inheritance trilogy. He made a live video on his website explaining that the story just wasn't ready to end, and that even though he loved long books there was a limit as to how much one volume could reasonably cover. Who the heck was debating the “con” side of long books?

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