I like that aspect too. Life doesn't have structure.
Terry Goodkind (who I suspect you've wisely skipped) does something similar with his books (or did), and while they're fantasy bricks, each 800-pager just rolls immediately into the next. It's the only modern version I can think of.
And I'm right there with you on the Lensman series. I've tried and failed to read the series a number of times. Never been sure why.
I ground to a halt after book two (Triplanetary and Lensman I think). I think there's just something stodgy about Doc Smith's writing. I see similar ticks to the likes of old Asimov/Clark and the like (I imagine every character is smoking a pipe), but somehow something like Foundation zips along where Lensman doesn't. I recently picked up an Edmond Hamilton book called 'Captain Future & The Space Emperor' and I'll be curious to see if it suffers the same.
I'll have to look into Gulliver of Mars! I'm not sure I've heard of it before.
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Terry Goodkind (who I suspect you've wisely skipped) does something similar with his books (or did), and while they're fantasy bricks, each 800-pager just rolls immediately into the next. It's the only modern version I can think of.
And I'm right there with you on the Lensman series. I've tried and failed to read the series a number of times. Never been sure why.
I ground to a halt after book two (Triplanetary and Lensman I think). I think there's just something stodgy about Doc Smith's writing. I see similar ticks to the likes of old Asimov/Clark and the like (I imagine every character is smoking a pipe), but somehow something like Foundation zips along where Lensman doesn't. I recently picked up an Edmond Hamilton book called 'Captain Future & The Space Emperor' and I'll be curious to see if it suffers the same.
I'll have to look into Gulliver of Mars! I'm not sure I've heard of it before.