Name: Anonymous 2009-04-28 14:53
Why would the later books in a series be considered bad if they were written by the same author who wrote the initially good books of that series? It's the author's story as the author intended. Surely, the extra books add to the narrative as a whole. I cannot see why later books in a series are considered something to ignore, when the earlier books were considered excellent.
Jack Whyte's Camulod Chronicles, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, Orson Scott Card's Ender series, Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Christopher Paolini's Inheritance, and even series with rabid fandom like Left Behind or Twilight, tend to regard the first book as excellent, up to about the third book of the series, and then notice a tremendous drop in quality. Why?
Jack Whyte's Camulod Chronicles, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, Orson Scott Card's Ender series, Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Christopher Paolini's Inheritance, and even series with rabid fandom like Left Behind or Twilight, tend to regard the first book as excellent, up to about the third book of the series, and then notice a tremendous drop in quality. Why?