[Hellequin]

I hate reading a series unless it is finished. Once or twice I've done it but then when the new book comes out I usually reread the previous ones.

Jim Butcher's Dresden series and Simon Green's Nightside series were the exception for me.

[Alchemist]

I don't hate it, so maybe I can't post here?

I'd like to see authors of long series get back into a habit of writing a "What Came Before" at the beginning of the book. I've seen it in one or two recent books but for the most part it doesn't happen. Who knows, with the internet maybe you don't need to.

Personally speaking I just can't imagine re-reading an entire series just to prepare for the ninth book (or whatever). I mean, there are so many books out there to read and my time is limited that it would be hard for me to justify that. I used to re-read books more often when I was younger but rarely do so now.

[txshusker]

It's definitely annoying waiting for the year or two between cliffhanger and resolution.

If it's a known duology,trilogy, or quartet, then I have been known wait for the last one to arrive in at least hardcover form, because yes, I do hate to wait for my meal.

But those open ended series like Dresden or Brust's older Taltos series... you never know when they're going to come out next, so you might as well pick them up as they come along... otherwise, you're waiting a dozen years for a dozen books, eh?

[Roland 85]

I don't hate it either, at least when the writer takes less than three years to deliver the next book.

[Metal-Demon]

Count me in ... I can't even START a series until I know it's completed.

[BrightStar]

I prefer to avoid beginning a new series until I know that it's been completed, or at least until the last book has a confirmed release date. However, sometimes there's a new series that I am really eager to try, and I hate having to wait years and years for it to be completed before I buy book one.

If I'm really eager to give a particular new series a try, then I will buy book one and if I like it enough to continue, will try to avoid buying future books until the series is completed. It's much easier to have to re-read just the first book in a series, than many more at a later date. Most times though, I will not bother to re-read a book when the next one comes out, even if it's been a year or so since I read it.

[hippokrene]

I think 'hate' is too strong a word. In the realm of fiction, I can think of things I hate much more.

However, it doesn't please me. If the next book takes more than two years to end up on the shelves, it irritates me. If it starts out at 3 years between books and each book takes longer to come out, it irritates me. And there's always the danger that the series will never be finished.

That said, I like fantasy and I tend to read whatever looks interesting, so I come across a great deal that isn’t finished yet. That’s just part of the experience.

[Barnes]

Not bothered, almost everything in Fantasy is a Triogly or series of some length. If I didn't read unfinished series, I never would have read Martin, Jordan, Lynch, Rothfuss, etc. Now that would be a pity.

[Territory]

Reading a series that isn't finished yet drives me absolutely nuts for about twenty-four hours, then I'm over it and onto something else and glad I read it.

[Warewolf]

After trying to read Wheel of Time, Sword of Truth, Wars of Light and Shadow, etc. as they came out, I gave up. With 1-2 years (or more) in between books and with all of them having a dozen or more characters and three or four plotlines to follow and reading numerous books in between, it became impossible for me to remember what was going on, so I gave up. Now I just wait until all the books are out in a series before even starting. Yes, I end up being years behind everybody else, but I enjoy them more this way.