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!
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!
Fortunately, I am working my way through the Lincoln Lawyer series so I
am not stuck for something new for a few days.
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!
In <10kuahc$3c8ij$1@dont-email.me> BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> writes:
[snip]
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!
You think that's bad? Robert Caro published volume IV of his LBJ
biogrpahy back in 2012, and we've been waiting for number V for
FOURTEEN YEARS now.
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!
Fortunately, I am working my way through the Lincoln Lawyer series so I
am not stuck for something new for a few days.
On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:06:19 -0800, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> 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!
Fortunately, I am working my way through the Lincoln Lawyer series so I
am not stuck for something new for a few days.
When I was younger, and buying at bookstores, I made it a rule to
always get the /entire/ series, with each volume in the same edition
(HB, TPB, MMPB) or not at all. This has avoided a lot of annoyance
over the years.
One reason was when I checked out the first volume of a three-volume
French novel about Jesuits scheming to control the inheritance of two
little girls, only to find the other volumes weren't available. The
rule for libraries, then, is to make sure they at least /have/ each
volume in their collection.
This has been relaxed a bit -- I bought the first several Harry Potter
books and then bought the others as they came out -- and my current
pattern of reading (on Kindle) an author's complete output (if
possible) is a deliberate relaxation of it.
BTW, don't get steamed up over "French" "Jesuits" and "little girls".
The book is about legal and related machinations to control the vast
fortune their parents' left them. Apparently, in whatever past century
this was written, the French still had standards for what could be
printed.
In article <10kuahc$3c8ij$1@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> 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.
In <10kuahc$3c8ij$1@dont-email.me> BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> writes:
[snip]
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!
You think that's bad? Robert Caro published volume IV of his LBJ
biogrpahy back in 2012, and we've been waiting for number V for
FOURTEEN YEARS now.
In article <robertaw-0D06D6.22221822012026@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
In article <10kuahc$3c8ij$1@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com>
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.
Depending on what you mean by "leader", I would say Burroughs
_Beyond the Farthest Star_ series might top that.
In article <robertaw-0D06D6.22221822012026@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
In article <10kuahc$3c8ij$1@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> >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.
Depending on what you mean by "leader", I would say Burroughs
_Beyond the Farthest Star_ series might top that.
On 1/22/26 22:22, Robert Woodward wrote:
In article <10kuahc$3c8ij$1@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com>
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.
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ I too am annoyed by the incompletion of the Villiers series
which I
and my lover of the time were equally entranced by.ÿ It was one of the most well-written books of its time.
On 1/23/26 09:04, Paul S Person wrote:
BTW, don't get steamed up over "French" "Jesuits" and "little girls".
The book is about legal and related machinations to control the vast
fortune their parents' left them. Apparently, in whatever past century
this was written, the French still had standards for what could be
printed.
Well embezzlement on the part of clericals would not have been
approved of in print a few generations earlier. Now-a-days sexual abuse
by clericals in the course of embezzlement would be demanded by
some presses. Scandalatum Magnum! sells to some groups. Some
who will be outraged publically by the disclosures.
In article <10l0mqa$8am0$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:..
In article <robertaw-0D06D6.22221822012026@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
Series? I had no idea there was a second book.
Depending on what you mean by "leader", I would say Burroughs
_Beyond the Farthest Star_ series might top that.
Apparently the book is two separately published novellas, so I think
that makes it a series.
Thucydides never finished "The Peloponnesian war", but at least we know
how it ended.
Hey, no spoilers!
Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <10l0mqa$8am0$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:..
In article <robertaw-0D06D6.22221822012026@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
Series? I had no idea there was a second book.
Depending on what you mean by "leader", I would say Burroughs
_Beyond the Farthest Star_ series might top that.
Apparently the book is two separately published novellas, so I think
that makes it a series.
I have a slim paperback from decades ago (35 cents, I think) and if I
can figure out where it is I'll see if it has two copyright dates.
In article <10l0mqa$8am0$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:..
In article <robertaw-0D06D6.22221822012026@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
Series? I had no idea there was a second book.
Depending on what you mean by "leader", I would say Burroughs
_Beyond the Farthest Star_ series might top that.
Apparently the book is two separately published novellas, so I think
that makes it a series.
In article <10l3e46$155vv$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <10l0mqa$8am0$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:..
In article <robertaw-0D06D6.22221822012026@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
Series? I had no idea there was a second book.
Depending on what you mean by "leader", I would say Burroughs
_Beyond the Farthest Star_ series might top that.
Apparently the book is two separately published novellas, so I think
that makes it a series.
I have a slim paperback from decades ago (35 cents, I think) and if I
can figure out where it is I'll see if it has two copyright dates.
I have a copy as well (and the box that it is stored in is easily accessible): Ace F-282 (40 cents) has two copyright dates. Part 1 has a
1941 date, but part 2 was found in his papers in the early 1960s and has
a 1964 copyright.
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!
On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:06:19 -0800, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
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!
As a Christmas present, my daughter got me a doorstop of a book called
"The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss because her boyfriend had
listened to the audiobook and said it was really good. So I read all
722 pages of it, only to find out that it's book one of a trilogy...
but it's been 15 years since book two came out and the third book
still hasn't appeared
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