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Dear Jim
jonas:
--- Quote from: groinkick on May 28, 2018, 08:07:58 PM ---Not for the sake of this fan. I want him to keep writing books. Two is too few for my liking. If he had 10 more before the BAT I'd be fine with it.
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If he writes them for the next twenty years and never completes them i'll still be happier than if he F@*)s it up by cutting it too short though. I've seen series ruined by trying to crunch a story into the allotted books and failing. *cough*inheritance cycle*cough*
WereElephant:
--- Quote from: SerScot on April 20, 2018, 06:25:42 PM ---flying peach,
Here's my difficulty with your position "owed" implies a legal obligation. I just don't see that. We were given a book that is part of a series. We paid for the book and read the book with full knowledge of the fact that is a part of a series. There is no guarantee the series will ever be complete. There is no obligation by the author to complete the series. That might make the writer who chooses to hang up his pen and become a... blacksmith a bit of a jerk but there is nothing we can do about that other than kvetch that it was not fair that we didn't get the "whole story".
My problem is that when people claim they are "owed" something by a writer they really don't know what they are talking about. When you buy a book, you get the book that you bought, and nothing more. There is no legally binding promise to finish the full story.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owe
Owe can, but does not necessarily, mean a legal obligation, as per definition and examples from above link.
From the information we have available, no, we are not owed anything. Mr. Butcher has not entered into contract with us, his audience. As you say, we buy individual books and receive their contents. That is the extent of our legal expectations. Not knowing what kind of contract Mr. Butcher has with his publisher, he may or may not legally owe them multiple manuscripts for different novels, but either way, we are not party to that contract.
Mira:
--- Quote ---If he writes them for the next twenty years and never completes them i'll still be happier than if he F@*)s it up by cutting it too short though. I've seen series ruined by trying to crunch a story into the allotted books and failing. *cough*inheritance cycle*cough*
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Or he could F@*) up just as badly by dragging it out just because he originally slated the series for X amount of books. If he is bored with the series, wants to do other projects I say more power to him.. If he can say it better in two or three more books why should he do five?
Wolfeyes:
--- Quote from: Mira on May 29, 2018, 11:10:25 PM ---Or he could F@*) up just as badly by dragging it out just because he originally slated the series for X amount of books. If he is bored with the series, wants to do other projects I say more power to him.. If he can say it better in two or three more books why should he do five?
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The key words there: If he can say it better in two or three more books.
We haven't had any indication he can wrap everything up in two or three more books+BAT. If anything, Jim's stated before he's had to add books to his original planned outline because the series has evolved and certain characters and plot threads required more care.
I'd rather the series maintain quality than feel a need to rush-rush-rush to make up for lost time.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Mira on May 29, 2018, 11:10:25 PM ---Or he could F@*) up just as badly by dragging it out just because he originally slated the series for X amount of books. If he is bored with the series, wants to do other projects I say more power to him.. If he can say it better in two or three more books why should he do five?
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Because he has a plan, and has outlined the story for a certain number of books. The number of books has increased in his outline, not decreased.
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