Whew, glad someone else had the same experience... I feel the same about Glen Cook's Black Company novels...I must be in the minority, I couldn't finish the collected Vance novels. Not even close.
I'm honestly not sure what sells me on the Black Company, honestly. I love them dearly, but totally understand that other people don't.Whew, glad someone else had the same experience... I feel the same about Glen Cook's Black Company novels...
Black Company, at least the first trilogy of books they kind of petered out for me after that, are some of my favorites. I think the viewpoint being that of a morally grey mercenary group makes it stand out. And it has some of my absolute favorite depictions of powerful magic users as well. The original ten who were taken are far more interesting and do so much more than say the ringwraiths. I find them terrifyingly human and inhuman at the same time.I'm honestly not sure what sells me on the Black Company, honestly. I love them dearly, but totally understand that other people don't.
I almost said "the personalities, I guess" in my reply above. I mean, I LOVE the Black Company. I love most of Cook's writing. But I totally understand why people can't get into it, or get fed up with it, or find it unlikable.Black Company, at least the first trilogy of books they kind of petered out for me after that, are some of my favorites. I think the viewpoint being that of a morally grey mercenary group makes it stand out. And it has some of my absolute favorite depictions of powerful magic users as well. The original ten who were taken are far more interesting and do so much more than say the ringwraiths. I find them terrifyingly human and inhuman at the same time.
Just finished Moon Pool by Merritt (from Appendix N). I really liked the first half and then it was... okish. To much tell instead of show? And the cosmology was just ok.
Just finished Moon Pool by Merritt (from Appendix N). I really liked the first half and then it was... okish. To much tell instead of show? And the cosmology was just ok.
Reading the collected Lord Darcy now.
(First time on both books).