Suspicious_Gazelle18 t1_ja8c6vj wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:29 PM

Reply to comment by Autarch_Kade in after ASOIAF and kingkiller I dont dare to start reading unfinished series, I wonder statistically how much people are same and if it sffects other authors? by [deleted]

Also, that “meantime” can be really fun if there’s a community of people all waiting for the next book and speculating about what’s coming. I caught up to Harry Potter after the fourth book was out, and the fun of waiting for each of the last three books (and all the convos I had about the book!) made me love them even more when they came out.

HellStoneBats t1_ja8elwq wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:44 PM

Mate, I miss the times between OotP and DH being released... we were an actual community, once...

Suspicious_Gazelle18 t1_ja8kq62 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:23 PM

I miss it. Without new quality content to await, there just isn’t as much to chat about anymore.

Molmoran t1_ja8ngkg wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:41 PM

Manga community still feels like this. Waiting for chapters each week and having discussions is a new element of fun reading.

HellStoneBats t1_jaa445e wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:17 PM

I've never been able to get into Manga, its just not something i enjoy. Same can be said of my husband's comics, i prefer reading those as omnibuses and graphic novels. So I've joined a few series- or author-specific subs and we do re-read-alongs, but it's really not the same.

If I could travel to any point in time again it would be 2005, high school rerun or not. Sigh.