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<blockquote data-quote="CCamfield" data-source="post: 1389923" data-attributes="member: 8123">Steven Erikson's world/writing does contain similarities with Cook, but more in terms of a darker tone than a terseness of style - which actually in the case of Cook was more a matter of Croaker's style.&nbsp; I found the later Black Company books just as wordy as Steven Erikson, and actually less interesting to me.&nbsp; Particularly Sleepy's.I personally do not see a swords &amp; sorcery connection to either author's works, unless maybe you go back to Cook's Dread Empire series from the 70s.I don't know what possessed you to read Memories of Ice out of order.&nbsp; Yeah, the books are somewhat more independent than books in other series, but it is still a series and characters reappear, particularly the Bridgeburners in MoI.&nbsp; And I'm amazed that you can harp so much on the negatives while passing over the good stuff that was in MoI.Still, your opinion is not an unreasonable one and I'm not trying to say it's invalid.&nbsp; Certainly people have commented on Erikson's &quot;penchant&quot; for names (although I think your criticism of &quot;Rath'name&quot; forms is overly picky, as it's kind of like &quot;van Richtoffen&quot;, not that intrusive), and the books are wordy.&nbsp; The first book, as Mistwell mentions, takes a long time to get started. (If you can get to the halfway mark, M, I think you'll find the second half a lot more exciting.)I personally think that it pays off, though.&nbsp; To each their own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CCamfield, post: 1389923, member: 8123"] Steven Erikson's world/writing does contain similarities with Cook, but more in terms of a darker tone than a terseness of style - which actually in the case of Cook was more a matter of Croaker's style. I found the later Black Company books just as wordy as Steven Erikson, and actually less interesting to me. Particularly Sleepy's. I personally do not see a swords & sorcery connection to [i]either[/i] author's works, unless maybe you go back to Cook's Dread Empire series from the 70s. I don't know what possessed you to read Memories of Ice out of order. Yeah, the books are somewhat more independent than books in other series, but it is still a series and characters reappear, particularly the Bridgeburners in MoI. And I'm amazed that you can harp so much on the negatives while passing over the good stuff that was in MoI. Still, your opinion is not an unreasonable one and I'm not trying to say it's invalid. Certainly people have commented on Erikson's "penchant" for names (although I think your criticism of "Rath'name" forms is overly picky, as it's kind of like "van Richtoffen", not that intrusive), and the books are wordy. The first book, as Mistwell mentions, takes a long time to get started. (If you can get to the halfway mark, M, I think you'll find the second half a lot more exciting.) I personally think that it pays off, though. To each their own. [/QUOTE]

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