Heh, scarily accurate ;) A lot of 24-point Times New Roman in various colours as well... :P
As for Bob's books, I think what did it for me was looking back at that 5th/6th book (whichever one I gave up on) and went through the following train of thought:
1. I have just forged through over x-hundred pages of this stuff. Again.
2. Nothing seems to have moved on since the last book.
3. Rand al' Thor isn't going mad - he's just an angsty Goth without the makeup.
4. Why do all these women want to shag him? Subtle author fantasy?
5. These women with the spooky powers are a whiny bunch aren't they?
6. Why is it taking so long for the Final Battle? And thus to:
7. These books will never end. These are this man's pension fund.
I decided at that point I wasn't all that fussed about them anymore. It's a shame really, since the original premise in the first couple of books was pretty good but if you take out the fluff, the actual story could have been wrapped up years ago.
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Date: 2005-01-05 12:39 pm (UTC)Heh, scarily accurate ;) A lot of 24-point Times New Roman in various colours as well... :P
As for Bob's books, I think what did it for me was looking back at that 5th/6th book (whichever one I gave up on) and went through the following train of thought:
1. I have just forged through over x-hundred pages of this stuff. Again.
2. Nothing seems to have moved on since the last book.
3. Rand al' Thor isn't going mad - he's just an angsty Goth without the makeup.
4. Why do all these women want to shag him? Subtle author fantasy?
5. These women with the spooky powers are a whiny bunch aren't they?
6. Why is it taking so long for the Final Battle? And thus to:
7. These books will never end. These are this man's pension fund.
I decided at that point I wasn't all that fussed about them anymore. It's a shame really, since the original premise in the first couple of books was pretty good but if you take out the fluff, the actual story could have been wrapped up years ago.