Question: How JNC license novels?
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@paul-nebeling Yep, I know. That's the problem with taking a complete "short story" and trying to serialize it without starting from scratch. In retrospect, SAO:Progressive is what Kawahara should have done in the first place instead of trying to continue the story using the original Aincrad book as a base.
Honestly, I really do like Kawahara's stuff, not as much for the characters or the story, but for the sci-fi. The real gold from all the SAO arcs is his imagination on ways VR/AR technology can affect people's lives. AW book 5 is probably my favorite because, in the middle of reading it, I took a 2 hour break to research orbital elevators, and it was fantastic.
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@myskaros I'm glad I'm not the only one that looked up orbital elevators while reading vol. 5. That's my favorite Volume in the series.
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I’m quite happy Aincrad didn’t go on forever, I liked GGO a lot and like the series being an ongoing look at different VR games in the future world. All that sci-if stuff would be missing from an ongoing virtual dungeon delve book. I like Progressive (it wasn’t actually the first SAO I read) but am also happy the narrative didn’t spend a dozen books there before moving on.
