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Originally Posted by Mabd
"Steven Erikson's "Fallen of the Malazan" series. Liking it very much."
Well, I've now read:
Gardens of the Moon
The Deadhouse Gates
The Chain of Dogs
Memories of Ice
and am now reading:
Midnight Tides.
And I have to say Erikson's writing style and attention to minutae have put him right at the top of my favourite authors.
I prefer him to GRRM!
I know!!
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Hmm..I hope this book / series improves a lot Mabd!
I'm halfway through the first one (gardens of the moon), and am really struggling to enjoy it ....he flits from character to character, from world event to world event without investing any life in them. Some of his descriptive language is embarrasingly cliche, and his characters are all painted with bold primary colors ie. "xyz is an assasin..THE BEST ASSASIN IN THE WORLD!...abc is a mage THE MOST POWERFUL MAGE IN THE WORLD .. or at least thats how it seems to me so far.
However, I committed and bought the first 4 books, so, as I say above, I hope it improves! (ie. I know gardens of the moon was his first novel, so I can cut it some slack in that regard)
..he sure aint no GRRM so far :P