On Aug 16, 2004, at 5:44 PM, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > The last time this came up, I mentioned that I first heard about > Brust from the folks at rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan . > Which Hobb book did you read? Her Farseer and Liveship > trilogies are noticably different in tone and viewpoint. > Assuming you're mispelling Farland, what I've heard of him is > that he had some good ideas, but poor execution and lame ending. > Oh the Anne McCaffrey effect. "When an author takes a good idea and totally ruins it"