Did any long-term intricate story ever end well?

[Merijeek]

@gonzoron

Having just watched the finale of BSG last night, I will join what appears to be the minority. Aside from a few small missteps here and there, it stuck the landing nearly perfectly. Gives me hope that any ongoing story that seems to be floundering can still pull it out at the end (I’m looking at you WoT and ASoIaF…)

I think the biggest problem with WoT was that Jordan didn’t WANT to end it. Sanderson, OTOH, is definitely into the idea of finishing it.

-Joe

[Lamia]

@jayjay

And And Eternity was a mess, unfortunately, and not terribly tasteful…Anthony’s customary undercurrent of ephebephilia breaks the surface for long stretches.

Yeah, that was the book that finally put me off Anthony altogether. I was 15-16 myself at the time, and I definitely had the feeling that this book was the work of a creepy old man who wanted to convince the world it was okay for men his age to have sex with girls my age.

[jayjay]

@Lamia

Yeah, that was the book that finally put me off Anthony altogether. I was 15-16 myself at the time, and I definitely had the feeling that this book was the work of a creepy old man who wanted to convince the world it was okay for men his age to have sex with girls my age.

I’m pretty sure the series was originally meant to end with Being A Green Mother. And Eternity felt very tacked-on, like Anthony suddenly realized he’d done a book about Satan but left God out (even though God was pretty much an absentee Incarnation throughout the series). So not only does it have the “how creepy can you get?” vibe, it’s also got the “was this book really necessary?” vibe.

My sense that the series was essentially complete with BAGM seems justified by the fact that not only have I never read the last book, the one about Nox, but I’ve never really felt any compulsion to do so, even outside the sour taste that And Eternity left in my mouth.

[jayjay]

Let me correct something…For Love Of Evil (which I consider to be one of the best in teh series) was actually the last one before And Eternity, not Being A Green Mother.