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Date Posted: 15:26:37 06/05/12 Tue
Author: Karen Henry
Subject: Keep in mind it's not set in stone yet! Not until DG makes an official announcement . But it sounds awfully good! :-)
In reply to: Karen Henry 's message, "Will there be a Book 9?" on 06:06:27 06/05/12 Tue


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[> I think the Outlander series should've stopped at three books. The only series that I've ever seen get stronger with seven books is "Harry Potter." I'd hate to see DG go the way of Jean Auel or Anne "I've Gone Off The Deep End" Rice with her later vampire sagas. I know this is not a popular opinion around here. But, I was so happy to read "The Scottish Prisoner," which re-grounded the story in Scotland, with the original, principal characters. -- Lemora, 15:45:48 06/05/12 Tue


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[> [> I hear you, but my take is that DG has set herself a different writing task for each book which means she is learning some new writing or pacing or plotting skill with each book. They are not cookie cutter books. It is why we all complain so loudly when the new one is so different from the previous ones. So I don't see them as decreasing in interest and skill. Rather I see them increasing in skill. JMHO. -- swarl, 18:25:40 06/05/12 Tue


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[> [> I'll keep reading them but I do hope she finds a convenient stopping point that isn't too contrived. I stopped reading Auel after Plains of Passage. I thought she'd totally jumped the shark by then. I'm trusting in DG's skill. -- kgp, 07:25:31 06/06/12 Wed


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[> [> I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels that way, Lemora. I do think DG is an excellent writer, but I'm starting to catch one too many recycled plot devices in the later books. -- LizT, 08:15:55 06/06/12 Wed


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[> [> [> Yes, and direct contradictions of earlier "facts" concerning the characters. Plus contradictions of the time travel thing; oh, and no later characters that are as compelling as the ones who were killed off in the first three books. And Rog and Bree not being a compelling couple, to me at least; and Jennie becoming a harridan. -- Lemora, 14:56:15 06/06/12 Wed


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[> [> [> [> Exactly! The continuity gaps drive me nuts! -- LizT, 06:46:50 06/07/12 Thu


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[> [> I agree I 'd really like to read the end now I don't want to wait any longer. -- Gwen, 07:36:49 06/11/12 Mon


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