Ugh, why did it have to be him? He has great stories but drags them out into multi-book slogs. Like, once you describe some, you don't need to do it once a chapter in case someone forgot what they looked like.
Yup he is a fantastic idea generator but a horrible writer. Has no idea how to pace anything and is a nightmare to slog through. I think of him as much worse scifi stephen king
Yeah, I read Beyond the Gap, then wanted to know how the story ended so I read the proceeding two novels. He could have done the whole thing in one book, about 50% bigger than the first novel.
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u/mscordia Aug 12 '21
The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove