On Thursday, July 18, 2002, at 12:33 PM, Starshadw at aol.com wrote: > <snipped> > > There are writer who can get away with a style such as this, but most > cannot. > > Tolkien and Richard Adams are two that do it well. > Tad Williams is another who does NOT do it well. > > Stacy > Tad Williams writes hot and cold in the same book. When he's hot the plot is tight, fast paced and unexpected twists. BUT when he's cold, he gets Really Boring. The second book of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn was really boring, a yawn fest. ------ Chris Turkel Guru, Dragaera Readalong List http://dragaera.info Buy my Book! www.xlibris.com/TheWorldattheEdgeofTime.html