If you're a writer or someone who likes to think more deeply than just the immediate text, you may really like this series. I can't remember who recommended this to me, but it's an amazing read on a number of levels.

This series keeps getting stronger and stronger...and it's now at a point where I may break my habit of waiting for trade paperback collections and go hunt up any issues after this one just so I don't have to wait to read more..... ( )

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I saw this on the new shelf at the library and picked it up, not realizing it was Vol 5. (I can see my graphic novel loving friends rolling their eyes at me for this neophyte mistake.) Even though I didn't know what the heck was going on it kept my interest. I watched Heroes, after all, so I can hang with not really knowing what's going on in a story. In fact, it was the issue of story creation, and stories & characters that come to life that piqued my interest and keep me reading. I'll have to seek out Vol. 1. ( )

We're finally starting to get into the guts of where Tom gets his power from! Obviously it comes from the mass subconscious (as explained previously), but Wilson Taylor himself seems to be an agent of his power as well. How else could he produce two children capable of wielding magic?The first child was an accident, but it happened when Taylor sr. was already an agent of the cabal, who know how to channel literary power, but the lot of them doesn't seem to be running around producing magically inclined offspring. Taylor had to figure out how to channel the next child's power more productively, so he turned to a sort of "literary training," and the result was obviously Tommy of the present story. There are still a lot of questions that need to be answered, but it seems like Tommy has finally decided once and for all that he is going to take out the cabal for the good of humanity! ( )

Awesome. the series seems to be finally back to the brilliance of the first volume. I gave up on unwritten for a year after being disappointed with volume4. really glad I started up again.

also really appreciated the line "met Martin amis and he was an arse" :) ( )