Not a book, but I came across a science podcast called the Hubermanlab Podcast recently (you can find it on YouTube), lots of info in many of the topics you mentioned. I have to check if they mentioned specific books.

I am 100% in the if it’s not finished I don’t start it camp and I am a voracious reader.

First asoiaf and then rothfuss, now it’s gotta have at least the first “trilogy” done and some kind of conclusion if I’m gonna start it.

The next book won't be a huge time jump. It'll be shortly after events of the last book and will take place over a 12 month period of time instead of a crazy weekend like all the other books.

I'm the same way... Kingkiller chronicles was recommended to me by multiple people and is in my TBR since years but i haven't started on it for the sole reason that its unfinished.

At this point I know of more cancelled series on Netflix that I know of cancelled books series

I think that makes little sense. Statistically, most writers finish the series they wrote. Rothfuss and Martin belong to the rare exceptions to that rule.

So I will have no problem starting series that are not finished. Most of the time those series will eventually be finished, and in the few cases where the series is left unfinished because the author had a burn-out or suddenly dropped dead, then that is just bad luck, so I will just move on and read other series. The only exception I make is when I know for sure that the series will never be finished, which is one of the reasons I will never read the Name of the Wind or Game of Thrones or Berserk.

If anything, I find the way Martin and Rothfuss are still such big names in the fantasy genre despite never finishing their series and never publishing anything else afterwards quite puzzling. Their fans seem amazingly dedicated. I would have stopped waiting for the next book and moved on a long time ago in their place.

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When Robert Jordan made it public he had cancer, he also began the process of securing Brandon Sanderson to finish the series based on all his notes and how he wanted it to feel and flow from discussions with his wife. I was saddened and terrified as I was probably 8-9 books in at that point. When he passed and Sanderson co-authored the last 4-5 books, I was so relieved. It barely felt like Jordan hadn’t written them until the final 2 books.

I don’t think I want to go through that again lol. So, OP, I would count myself as NOT wanting to start a series left unfinished.

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I don't mind unfinished series, but my desire to return to them especially when the books before were all 600+ pages of dense, dense writing. It makes my desire to return to them significantly less the longer they are taking between books.

For example, I have had 0 desire to return to ASOIAF long before season 8 aired.

I read both because at the time I had the delusion that the wait wouldn’t be that long. When I read ASOIAF, Winds of Winter was still listed as coming out in 2020 and we all know how that went. Something similar happened with KingKiller, I had no idea that the third book had been underway for so long, so I just figured I would just wait a little and then I could read books 2 and 3 together, which hasn’t happened yet.

In general, I usually engage with new series all the time and have no issue waiting for the sequel to come out, sometimes a book will be in my tbr list but it’s not top priority so when I come back to it I have the nice surprise that its series is now finished and I can binge read it. I’ll only avoid series where the author has been vocal about cancelling or not wanting to finish them, which is not that common.

Someone should just write one crossover book that wraps up both series.

I started the practice of waiting with comic books and it's carried over to some shows and books as well. For me it's the rule but there's always exceptions

It’s not but it comes out of older marketing trends. It comes from the days of stories serialized in magazines. The magazines needed a constant flow of content and readers started to expect that if author A did a detective story last October he would do another this October. Besides, a lot of the pulp end of all genres have had steady yearly releases for decades. That is how most of commercial publishing works.

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And even if he doesn’t, someone will on his behalf and with his prior approval. Contingency plans are already in place.

I’m so happy I enjoy Cosmere books (I know it’s not for everyone). Because I’ll get to enjoy dozens of books of a cohesive universe for life.

What book did you read? He hired a prostitute because he needed someone to talk to. he didn't even try to get frisky didn't even give a hint that he was interested in getting frisky. That screams gay.

It’s the tragedy of the commons! If a few people wait until all the books are out, it’s fine. If we all did that, we’d never get the books.

I think the same thing every time people complain about stuff they haven’t yet watched being cancelled on Netflix. If you don’t want it cancelled, then watch it! If it does end up getting cancelled, you will survive.

Like I’m also mad GRRM hasn’t finished ASOIAF yet, but I’ve still gotten so much enjoyment out of what I did read and I will survive if I never get to read another page from that series again.

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I’ve always found that I have no trouble listening to podcasts or non fiction audiobooks, but my mind wanders too much for fiction. Every once in a while, something will grab and hold my attention enough, but it’s not very often.

I hate to beat a dead horse here but absolutely agree.

The only way the Cosmere would be ruined is if it goes to shit or if Brandon turns out to be a horrible human being. Both highly unlikely imo.

Or if I die before I read the last book.

Brandon even has a backup plan if—heaven forbid—something happens to him.

I love the idea of being committed to the Cosmere for life, and knowing I’ll get an ending.

I am starting to agree with you, at least with series that are supposed to end. books like Alex Cross, Joe pickett, etc don't bother me if they don't finish, each book usually can end on its own. If the book has an ending point, these are the series I am really thinking about not starting until the author finishes. Diana Gabaldon will hurt me alot if she doesn't come to a finishing point in the Outlander series soon.

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