[thelsdj]

This is needed if only so I don't have to get sucked into a great first book like Wizard's First Rule to then have to deal with 100 page lectures on Objectivism if I want to find out what happens to the characters later in the series.

[ars]

Very much yes! That series was a disaster. It's not even internally consistent from the first book to the last.

The author completely changed his characters to make them fit into his new lectures.