tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post5534676958061499930..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Turning Pages: Cybilization, the SequelSarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-71610299809412748352009-10-21T16:49:09.128-07:002009-10-21T16:49:09.128-07:00I think true serials--multi-volume stories made up...I think true serials--multi-volume stories made up of books that can't stand alone--need their own award. The complete story just isn't there in any one volume and you just can't compare these parts of a whole to an individual book that is a whole.<br /><br />It's apples and oranges.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-36996700331799342122009-10-20T07:30:02.812-07:002009-10-20T07:30:02.812-07:00See, I'm glad I'm not the only one who is ...See, I'm glad I'm not the only one who is slightly obsessive about these things. The fact is, (and SHHH! I'm an impartial Cybils nominee judge!) if I haven't read the previous volumes, often I read the legal Cybils minimum, no matter how interesting others think it is, and let it go. It's just not worth the bewilderment, as I otherwise feel like I'm forever trying to catch up. <br /><br />I'm almost to the point of wondering whether it would be better to disallow sequels as nominees, but that's not my call. I just hate reading things out of order SO MUCH, and SFF always has ten thousand sequels. Dunno what to do about that.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-5684739151217139812009-10-19T14:42:09.636-07:002009-10-19T14:42:09.636-07:00I read the endings of books before I'm done wi...I read the endings of books before I'm done with them with some regularity, but I cannot bring myself to read a sequel before I've read the first book. I can't even read series books out of order when they're relatively stand-alone. It just makes me feel all wrong when I try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-81053881518238278772009-10-17T12:04:56.481-07:002009-10-17T12:04:56.481-07:00Oh, I did read it - and THEN the sequel, in one si...Oh, I did read it - and THEN the sequel, in one sitting. It was... intense. The way the first one started, I had to work to get into it, and then it took off. Oof.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-16088497701012327892009-10-17T11:48:14.692-07:002009-10-17T11:48:14.692-07:00Oh, man, when the Cybils are over you REALLY need ...Oh, man, when the Cybils are over you REALLY need to read the first Chaos Walking book!! Is Patrick Ness not awesome? A little difficult to read at times, but in a good way.Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.com