Books 2 and 3 are probably the best in the sequence, although 5 is also decent (despite patches of purple prose). 1 improves immensely on re-reads when you know what's going on. 4 is weak, 7 and 9 are reasonable, 6 is a letdown and 8 is well-written but thematically a little obvious. He never really recaptures the fire of Books 2 and 3 though.
I'd point you in the direction of Joe Abercrombie, Paul Kearney, Chris Wooding, Scott Lynch and Pat Rothfuss if you haven't tried them out already.
I'd point you in the direction of Joe Abercrombie, Paul Kearney, Chris Wooding, Scott Lynch and Pat Rothfuss if you haven't tried them out already.
Does Erikson get better?
- 12/01/2010 05:29:51 PM
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I read somewhere that reading Erikson involves being completely lost for the first half of the book-
- 12/01/2010 05:41:35 PM
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I agree with the Brandon Sanderson suggestion.
- 12/01/2010 05:43:27 PM
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You didn't like Robin Hobb?
- 12/01/2010 05:49:19 PM
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I don't.
- 12/01/2010 05:55:25 PM
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I think Liveship is the best of her series, so you should give it a try
- 12/01/2010 06:40:51 PM
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Her strength is her characters, IMO.
- 12/01/2010 07:44:23 PM
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See, I think her characters are weak, at least the main characters.
- 12/01/2010 08:48:10 PM
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LIVESHIP isn't first-person, which is a big plus in its favour. *NM*
- 13/01/2010 04:19:42 AM
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Beat you by a second. *NM*
No. Burn it. Erikson is horrid. Read Sci-Fi instead. Start with KSR and Alastair Reynolds. *NM*
- 12/01/2010 07:49:14 PM
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i couldn't read erikson. same reasons. i read about a hundred pages and was like screw this...
- 12/01/2010 11:06:04 PM
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He gets a lot better and then worse
- 13/01/2010 12:42:10 AM
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Keep in mind that Erikson was an archeologist and anthropologist.
- 13/01/2010 02:06:01 AM
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