On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 04:17 PM, Gomi no Sensei wrote: > On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 13:05:49 -0800, Richard Malena > <rmalena at softhome.net> wrote: > >>> E.g., Terry Goodkind. > > [rant elided] > >> We start with "Wizard's First Rule," and this is actually a good book. > > Whoa, whoa. WFR sucked donkey balls. It was Boy Hero With a Secret > Past and Legacy of Secret Power, right off the back of the cereal box. > > OTOH, Tad Williams could have been a decent author at some point. > Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is a solid duology spread out over three > books. Given that after its success he's probably less subject to > editing than before, I have little interest in plowing through the > verbal underbrush for 'Otherland'. Memory, Sorrow and Thorn was a solid series and yes, it could have been two books. The second book dragged but the payoff in book three was worth it. Given Tad Williams' knack for Talking I wouldn't touch Otherland either.