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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1394101" data-attributes="member: 5171">Ditto that.  I disagreed with what you said, but it's a nice conversation.  And it's gotten Erickson onto my radar, which is a good thing.  I don't know whether or not I'll give him a read -- my taste isn't exactly like yours, Jes, but I'm not personally a huge fan of high fantasy that uses high fantasy language (as in, formal archaic styling, like someone copying an old Arthurian Romance written in medieval French).  I tend to like my fantasy almost anachronistically colloquial.  That's why I liked Eddings as a kid, and why I like Martin now.  So Erickson might not be my speed.On the other hand, I do like word invention for cultural reasons, so hey, he might be worth a shot on that.Thanks,</blockquote>