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And I think that books 5, 6, and 8 are among Erikson's better novels Larry Send a noteboard - 24/08/2010 05:06:43 PM
There is no way that you've read Steve Erickson's Arc d'X or Zeroville if you're making those sorts of claims! ><img class=' />


As these are great...

Steven Erikson, on the other hand, perhaps ;)


I would say that Erikson has two books in his series that truly stand out, and a 3rd that has a lot of very good things. The primary advantage that Sanderson has when approaching the start of his 10 book series, as opposed to when Erikson started his, is that Sanderson is much more accomplished and practiced a writer. The Way of Kings is head and shoulders beyond Garden of the Moons, but we're still just talking the first book of a series. Deadhouse Gates and Memories of Ice will be interesting comparisons for the next volumes in Stormlight. (Of course, I'm of the opinion that Erikson degraded a good deal in his later books)


I really need to get back to writing summaries of my re-reads of those books. TBH and TtH are much more important for the overall storyline than I had suspected after an initial read 2-3 years ago. But I know I'm in a minority opinion on that ;)
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The Way of Kings - Brief Review drzenitram - 24/08/2010 12:54:39 AM 1335 Views
As someone who could not finish Misborn through multiple tries I have to say... everynametaken - 24/08/2010 02:57:01 AM 688 Views
On the upside of starting a 10 book series... callandor1000 - 24/08/2010 04:33:06 AM 763 Views
I'm excited. Nate - 24/08/2010 03:54:26 AM 670 Views
Re: I'm excited. callandor1000 - 24/08/2010 04:35:04 AM 725 Views
Sounds promising! Darth_Katie - 24/08/2010 04:38:47 AM 701 Views
I didn't quite have such a positive reaction to the book Larry - 24/08/2010 04:55:04 AM 749 Views
You know... Jacob - 24/08/2010 02:07:04 PM 681 Views
Re: You know... Larry - 24/08/2010 02:46:16 PM 819 Views
Okay, that makes better sense. Jacob - 24/08/2010 05:07:56 PM 620 Views
Well, you've seen the books I tend to read and those are unusual in regards to dialogue quality Larry - 24/08/2010 05:22:10 PM 725 Views
Thanks for the review! Tom - 24/08/2010 06:51:00 AM 639 Views
The only Sanderson I've read is Elantris Camilla - 24/08/2010 11:56:28 AM 681 Views
Elantris is a very poor example of Sanderson's work. Jacob - 24/08/2010 01:59:05 PM 660 Views
Re: Elantris is a very poor example of Sanderson's work. Camilla - 24/08/2010 03:55:59 PM 742 Views
I really liked it until the ending *NM* Deadsy - 24/08/2010 05:02:49 PM 309 Views
Elantris has a truly great concept... Jacob - 24/08/2010 05:17:32 PM 612 Views
A very good review, and thank you. Jacob - 24/08/2010 02:01:05 PM 622 Views
When does it come out officially? *NM* Darth_Katie - 24/08/2010 02:17:07 PM 290 Views
Next Tuesday. *NM* Macharius - 24/08/2010 02:18:41 PM 309 Views
My WoK reaction Macharius - 24/08/2010 03:14:58 PM 761 Views
I call bullshit on the Erickson comments! Larry - 24/08/2010 03:34:20 PM 680 Views
Yes there is a very big difference between the two... Jacob - 24/08/2010 04:58:55 PM 595 Views
And I think that books 5, 6, and 8 are among Erikson's better novels Larry - 24/08/2010 05:06:43 PM 636 Views
Well... Jacob - 24/08/2010 05:13:52 PM 682 Views
Maybe I'll write out my thoughts in full later this week Larry - 24/08/2010 05:26:01 PM 719 Views
Yes, I wondered why you stopped doing those... you've only posted up to HoC, I believe. Legolas - 24/08/2010 05:22:17 PM 601 Views
BAF 4 deadlines at the time Larry - 24/08/2010 05:32:53 PM 609 Views
Funny, I'd had TtH in mind when referencing Erikson. Macharius - 24/08/2010 05:40:12 PM 592 Views
Fixed. *NM* Macharius - 24/08/2010 05:30:34 PM 285 Views
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