# Thieves World **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [March 8, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-world/960649 "2022-03-08T02:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-world/960649/2 "2022-03-08T03:01:59Z")
I read the first 3-4, but had the exact same problem with the series I had with most other anthologies of the era: the characters I liked, or storylines I liked, would appear once or twice and then fall out of the storyline. Same issue with the Wildcards series - tons of stories about various entities I couldn’t care less about, but the more interesting, or flawed, or unique ones were almost always one-shot stories. > [@Does anyone else have a problem enjoying modern books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-a-problem-enjoying-modern-books/943812): > > All the books I like tend to be written more than a few decades ago. Am I not reading enough current books or is this an issue that other people also have? @Wendell_Wagner also mentioned the series in the linked thread, where I mentioned the exact same issue. As for your secondary points, well, there’s the oft-repeated issues about creative stories coming from tortured souls. The issues for HP Lovecraft, Robert E Howard, and other authors of earlier generations show it’s far from limited to the authors of the 70s. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-world/960649)._