From: russell-watson@att.net   
      
   On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:03:24 GMT, "Jake Pockets"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Well as to him being a windy writer, I think that is a symptom of   
   >today's publishers.  It seems they like to "pad" the books to add   
   >an additional 200 to 300 pages.  Then they make a series out of   
   >it, reach 10 books, then the author dies without any sort of closure   
   >as to what happened to the characters.   
   >   
   >Of late I've tried to steer shy of continuing series and find those that   
   >are actually finished.   
   >   
   >Jake Pockets   
   >   
   >   
      
   The particular books I'm talking about are supposed to be a trilogy.   
   The first one (_Dawn of Fury_) has a fairly clean ending, but the 2nd   
   one (_The Killing Season_ ) is a cliffhanger. The 3rd one (_Autumn of   
   the Gun_) is not really a cliffhanger, but ends in a way that leads   
   directly to a 4th book (_The Border Empire_), which has the son taking   
   up where his daddy left off, so it ain't really a trilogy after all.   
   While the first 3 are pretty interesting for their recounting of   
   various adventures of real historical people, the 4th one is a real   
   throwback to the old westerns with a pretty corny "twist" ending that   
   can be seen coming a mile off. Though I understand that there are   
   other books that involve these same characters, these 4 pretty much   
   make a complete story, and you could really stop after the 3rd one and   
   not have missed anything, IMO.   
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