http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2005/01/spencer_wen_04.php Comments on Spencer, Wen: (04) Dog Warrior en Copyright 2008 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:47:43 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Andrew Plotkin wrote on January 14, 2005 at 1:01 PM: <p>My impression was that the author threw Atticus in because (she thought) we were getting bored with the original main characters. Certainly the charm of the original book was in the character relationships, and the development there has slowed way down. But I wish Spencer had taken that as a signal to wrap up the series, rather than try to rejuvenate it.</p> http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2005/01/spencer_wen_04.php#c4071 Kate wrote on January 14, 2005 at 1:05 PM: <p>Andrew: From either talking to the author or her web page, I believe that the drug plot of the third and fourth books was a target from the beginning--I want to say that _Dog Warrior_ was originally going to be a direct sequel, but she needed more steps to get there. If that's the case, then Atticus was probably a target from the start too. And as of about a year ago, there weren't any more Ukiah books in the queue. Though I disagree with your guesses at motives, I think they suggest that the shift in POV character really doesn't work well. (Also, I deleted the double comment, don't worry about it.)</p> http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2005/01/spencer_wen_04.php#c4072