AndrewStirlingMacDonald he/him Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I published this post on my blog, and I wonder if people agree with my idea, or have other perspectives or ideas to offer. The TL;DR is basically that I wish fantasy series had special editions published that cut out all of the "recap" exposition in the sequels so that it doesn't drag the narrative down for people who are reading the whole series one-book-after-another. http://www.andrewstirlingmacdonald.com/2016/05/your-favorite-epic-fantasy-series-im.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Is recap exposition a big enough issue to be worth doing that? It usually isn't more than a few lines of dialogue or a paragraph or two of narration, isn't it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 I can agree in principle, but it's generally not enough of a bother to do something about it. Plus, sometimes you need some recap just because people forget things. Take the wheel of time, where sometimes you had to google up a minor character to figure out who the hell was that guy and what he was doing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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