No kidding.
We could have had 5 or 6 new Conan movies, some Lovecraft movies, and some Fahfrd and Grey Mouser movies by now.
Now that there is funny. Exactly the same thought came to me!
Robert Jordan’s early books in the series were great because he apparently had a strict editor. When they were successful his wife became his editor and each book in the series got more text with less story. Then there were more and more books, to the point where it became quite literally a nevery-ending story.
It could have been one of the best series ever if he’d had the discipline, imposed by self or someone else, to keep it to something like 6 books.
I read all the way to the end because I was invested in the characters, but if I’d known what I was getting into I’d never have started.
Maybe the first couple of books of the never ending series but ugh after that.