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   Robert Woodward to All   
   Re: I am annoyed   
   22 Jan 26 22:22:18   
   
   From: robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
   In article <10kuahc$3c8ij$1@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36    
   wrote:   
      
   > As I have mentioned before, I listen to novels via Audible when I am on   
   > my (somewhat) daily walks or doing my job as an organlegger. I saw one   
   > by Dean Koontz that looked interesting and got it, "Fear Nothing"   
   > (1998). I liked it, although the writing style of the narrator I find to   
   > be a bit off-putting. The narrator is fond of lists that have too many   
   > entries and goes off on too much expository (I think that might be the   
   > right word) prose at times, but I like the story overall. It does make   
   > the miles go by faster, both walking and driving.   
   >   
   > The next book in the series is "Seize the Night" (1999) and I downloaded   
   > that one and it too was good.   
   >   
   > I didn't realize the books had been published that far back, but that   
   > was not really an issue. I went to get the next in the series, "Ride the   
   > Storm) and IT HASN'T BEEN FINISHED YET! Or maybe even started!   
   >   
   > Who does he think he is, George R.R. Martin? I need closure, damn it!   
      
   I might form a list of unfinished series. The current leader is the   
   Anthony Villiers series by Alexei Panshin. Three books (of 8? promised)   
   published in 1968-1969, 4th promised at the end of the 3rd. No more   
   books appeared and Panshin died over 3 years ago.   
      
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   Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
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