Re: Successful Series
- From: Marilee J. Layman <marilee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:52:46 -0400
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:22:38 +0000, spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Jonathan L Cunningham) wrote:
I just read the "Publicity" thread, and was reminded of something
puzzling I came across, by chance, in Wikipedia.
Apparently Piers Anthony has written 8 books in the "Incarnations of
Immortality" series. (I've got the first six, but I hadn't realised
there was a 7th.)
Of the 8th, the article claims "publishers were not interested in
continuing the Incarnations of Immortality series even though they sold
well". The book has apparently been written but not published.
Why would they do that? (Drop a successful series?)
My problem with the series was that they were basically describing the
same incident over and over, just from a new viewpoint for each book.
After a few viewpoints, I didn't need to read more.
I can think of two explanations: the series was decreasingly successful,--
or the gap between the 7th and 8th books was too long.
In the latter case, wouldn't it be an excuse to re-issue the entire
series?
Jonathan
(Not that, as a (potential) writer, I have yet any special interest in
long series. It's just idle curiosity.)
Marilee J. Layman
http://mjlayman.livejournal.com/
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