However, I will admit as a writer myself that sometimes you read some of those old “toilet paper” novels (Robinson Crusoe comes to mind) and think “I want to write like that”. I don’t think I can agree with you, having read Caliban's Hour and Child of an Ancient City by the same author. Most of his books would be stronger for the elimination of 200 pages or more of extraneous material. Garth wrote: "I have read this book and previously commented that this author suffers from verbal diarrhea. And I think the Tale of Genji makes it on there as well. Other classics such as Remembrance Rock and I believe all four of the major Chinese Classics make it onto the list. Some of my favorite novels, which happen to be classics, are on this list including Atlas Shrugged, Les Miserebles, War & Peace and Infinite Jest. Many of these long novels had to be split for publishing reasons and are still singular works because all of these factors apply to them. They have to be novels, so epic poetry and any non-novel nonfiction would not count, nor would story compilations or graphic novels (though a 500,000-word graphic novel would be immensly impressive and I'm sure Spider-Man's Clone Saga has got to be the equivalent of a 500,000-word novel lol.) The official list uses a system based off of these following factors: A single novel published by an official publisher, longer than 500,000 words and they have to be singular novels, not series or story cycles. I've actually done a lot of research on this stuff because I find it really interesting. In fact, To Green Angel Tower is one of the longest single works ever written in English. However, it's unfortunate split for paperback convenience does not affect is since that was simply a matter of practicality and it is one single novel and was written, released and read as such.Īs for addressing the original post, no I cannot think of a longer one. I don't think he's looking for a stand-alone otherwise yes, that would definitely affect it. When it was released as a paperback, it was divided into two seperate paperbacks (parts 1 and 2). Robert wrote: "Technically, you could say the same about To Green Angel Tower.
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