Interesting that he's never written a full novel, only short stories.
I wonder if that in itself made his works higher quality: no pressure for high word count, and thus economy with words and no filler content.
I wonder if that in itself made his works higher quality: no pressure for high word count, and thus economy with words and no filler content.
Economy with words and filler content might differentiate a good from a bad novel, but not a novel and short story.
Which novels would you recommend that had no filler content?
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Because from how I understand it I'd argue there is no such thing as "filler content" in novels.
Sometimes going on talking about minor characters routine is kind of the main point of an author’s intention, but it may read as “filler” by some.
Or something like Brandon Sanderson books, where his fans enjoy spending more time in that universe, but make their novels very long.
His short stories are amazing and right to the point, but most of his novels are filler and would probably work better as short stories. In novels King has to answer questions he can skip in short fiction which is why his novels always end so unsatisfactory ('it was aliens all along!').