Wolfhound Century / Peter Higgins

Wolfhound Century

(1 of who knows how many)

by Peter Higgins

fantasy

copyright 2013

read in December 2017

rated 3/10: so bad it's embarrassing

Here's a very old story from Readers' Digest:

A man walks into the publisher's office. "How long is a novel?" he demands. "Well, it depends..." starts the publisher. "Just tell me," demands the man, "How long is a novel?!" "Oh, well, I guess that a hundred thousand words would..." "Thank God!" says the man as he throws a pile of paper onto the publisher's desk. "Then I'm finished."

Congratulations Peter Higgins. You are a Readers' Digest joke.

There's a thin sort of plot. More a series of mostly violent incidents, held together by a narrative sequence. Set in a violent world. An interesting world -- if you believe that a society based on casual killing and torture is interesting.

Meet a character, wait for that character to be killed. Except for the hero and heroine, whose survival is almost miraculous.

Then the hero develops a super power for use on the side of good. And an evil creature develops a super power to be used on the side of evil. And the book ends.

What?! that's your hundred thousand words already? Couldn't be bothered writing any more? wrapping up the plot? reaching any sort of conclusion? No time... must rush to publish...

An old Readers' Digest joke, now common practice. So bad that it's embarrassing.

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