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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1333788" data-attributes="member: 812">The weaving of Itkovian, Tool, Silverfox and Gruntle's stories. Itkovian especially, and the ideas inside there of grief and compassion and memory. Blew me away.Erikson's really saying something with these books. It's so thrilling to read a story that talks about ideas that could not be expressed in any other genre. He NEEDS different races, he NEEDS this mammoth timeline of hundred of thousands of years, he NEEDS undead and gods and sorcery -- they're all essential to the IDEAS he's trying to talk about. It's wonderful.These books are a landmark in fantasy literature. Or rather, they might be.House of Chains was a bit of a letdown, frankly -- though after the one-two punch of DG and MOI I'm feeling pretty forgiving -- so I'm waiting to see what Midnight Tides will be like before signing off completely on the guy. If he can maintain the heights of those latter two books, however, there's no doubt in my mind that Erikson will go down as one of the true masters.Oh, yeah, the Black Company. Bleak Seasons is a really, really weird book and it took me a few passes before I understood what was happening. Pay attention and don't give up -- Murgen's worth it.</blockquote>