Re: Writers who jumped the shark

In rec.arts.sf.written Matt Ruff <storytellers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Terry Pratchett wrote:
>> 
>> But authors in any genre face a problem here.  You've got to test the 
>> envelope or go mad.  Yet you are made well aware that there's plenty of

>> fans out there who want more of the same -- they want to see the same 
>> characters acting like they did in the last book.

>To steal a line from Joss Whedon, your job isn't to give them what they 
>want, it's to give them what they *need.*

Of course, apparently what they need is magical crack, lots and
lots of boring sex scenes and really bad characterization.

Pete