Tad Williams

[HiccupGreyjoy]

I must tell you that I am very style-centered reader, very sensitive how is exactly book written and if it is done well, ready to forgive some faults. That is why I´d say that George R.R.Martin is for me one of the gods among writers even if you haven´t like everything about his writing... I think another author who is quite approaching that level level is Tad Williams - I´ve just yesterday completed second volume of his Otherland tetralogy, allso reading the first book of MST trilogy and really just for how he writes, he is totally worthy of it.

On the other hand, when it comes to plots, he is also very slow. Not that things don´t happen, I mean that he likes to describe everything that happens and even with his language, this might becomne quickly tiresome. Also, reader must tolerate a lot when it comes to his devices - Otherland isn´t really for people who don´t like meta-fiction, so to speak, since this is really "story about stories". Also I must say that characters there are ixed bag definitely - tha main protagonist , Renie Sulaweyo, can be really annoying and in times it looks that Williams must express as much of white guilt as possible - in fact these books are so PC it´s almost funny and I am not kind of guy who would mind such things normaly.´Yet, I still must reading...

I can´t say a much about MST trilogy, since I really haven´t read much of it , at the times it feels kinda childish, but that might be becouse of Simon´s POV.

I am definitely interested in "War of the Flowers" and maybe even "Shadowmarch".

Edited April 17, 2012 by HiccupGreyjoy

[Joe ST he/him]

Otherland is one of my favourite series', and his other works are pretty darn awesome.

[Aminar]

War of The Flowers is my all time favorite book.

I was dissapointed with Shadowmarch in the beginning. Book 2 felt like nothing was going on. Then Book 3 went into the comparative religions which I liked and Book 4 was essentially all action scenes.

I'm really looking forward to The Bobby Dollar Books.