9th February 2004, 3:23 PM
Quote:I seriously, in the case of WOT, hope that there are very few loose ends left at the end of the series. To leave many loose ends on a story this complex would be a travesty. Since the Last Battle will, for better or worse, change the world very dramatically (it's the end of the world as we know it, baby!) it would be a shame to leave too many threads untied for the sake of mystery or interpretation after it's done, especially for a story that arguably thrives on it.
Of course, I would not like to see these ends tied by way of cheap deaths or deus-ex-machina devices either. But I don't think Jordan would do that.
I agree. I like having stories actually *end* in the end, and not just have some 'well more stuff happened maybe and there are other plot points we didn't end but good enough you guess what happened now'... I like an ending. :) Of course there can't really be a permanant ending in this story, but at least wrap up all the plot points...
And as for Discworld, it's great both as humor and as fantasy... and does a great job of both...