Mark Sullivan
. I seem to remember reading that Loren
> Estlemen once made a rule
> never to write more than seven books in a series.
Are there any series
> that go much beyond that number that did/do not show
severe dropoff?
Mark, In general, I agree with that but think the number is
arbitrary. Although he had a couple of weaker books in
between, Stark's Slayground and Butcher's Moon, # 14 & #
16 are among the best and some critics feel his latest books
in the series are better than those in the original run. LA
Requiem is the eigth in the Cole/Pike series and the best.
Jerry Healy's eigth and eleventh books were nominated for the
Shamus. I don't have later information, but I think the next
two were at least as good as the series norm. When the
series' is pretty formulaic it's probably easier to maintain
consistent quality(or non-quality). Kaminskey's Toby Peters
series is an example. Mark
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