Re: short books

On 10/17/2013 10:14 AM, Wayne Morrison wrote:
> munizao@xprt.net said:
>> I'm currently in the middle of _The Orc of Many Questions_, by Shane
>> Micheal Murray, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. It's about an
>> atypical adolescent orc who gets ito trouble because he's too bright and
>> too curious.
> Thanks for the recommendation. I've looked at some additional info about
> it and I've added it to my to-read list. I expect to read it it the next
> month or so.
>
>
> I was initially put off by it since it's described as "The Orc of Many
> Questions (The Book of Many Orcs)". I immediately translated the
> parenthetical description to (Book 1 of the Books of Many Orcs).
>
> I thought, "Oh no, not *another* series." It seems like every book these
> days is part of a series. Not an I-need-four-books-to-tell-this-story series,
> but an I'll-keep-writing-them-until-I-can't-sell-them-anymore series.
>
> I'm really tired of the neverending series. Sure, I'm reading some and
> will keep reading them, I expect I'll even start some new serieses. But
> enough already. Write a book that starts and stops. *Maybe* write a second,
> or even third, but don't start out planning to write the thing forever.
>

In that case, I should warn you that this book does indeed appear to be
the first book of a series. I should also warn everyone that there is
quite a lot of fecal matter and urine in the book, and rather a lot of
it is being eaten or worn rather than being properly disposed of. But I
did genuinely enjoy the book despite that.

Owen

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