The great big Erikson vs. Martin thread
On both the Malaz and asoiaf forums, there seems to be a load of people who prefer one, and a load who prefer the other. Which is fine. Except they keep arguiong about which is best. Well, here is the place to say what you think... (I would have done this as a poll, but i couldn't find how )
Personally, i much prefer Erikson, though Martin is good as well...
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I like Erickson, but much prefer Martin. Two reasons - Erikson's characters sometimes feel a bit flat, lacking in real personality (Coltaine being an exception, but even he doesn't match up to Martin's characters). Secondly, Erikson has way too much magic in his books for my taste. I prefer sorcery to be subtle, difficult and creepy.
The One True King
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(3/24/03 2:33 pm) Reply
Re: The great big Erikson vs. Martin thread
At the moment, I prefer reading the Erikson books to the Martin books. I just think Erikson's are more engaging and involving, and I enjoy them a lot more.
LB
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Re: The great big Erikson vs. Martin thread No Israeli publising house agrees to translate Ericson!!
And i don't have the power to read it in English, the only books i read in English are Asoiaf and Dragon Lance.
Re: The great big Erikson vs. Martin thread
Many places refuse to publish Erikson. For example, in the US, they think the storyline is too complicated to publish, so it might be the same problem there, nedisreal, or maybe that there wouldn't be enough demand, but anyway, it rocks!
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The One True King
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(3/26/03 9:13 am) Reply
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Or Dead-Ned-God.
LB
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Per-fec-tion: -noun- an exemplification of supreme excellence b : an unsurpassable degree of accuracy or excellence (see also: Lord Baelish)
Master of the Great Forge in the Sky
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(3/28/03 6:13 pm) Reply
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ahem, LB, your avatar on the malaz forum is a little too big, it needs to be 64x64, and they aren't automatically resized...
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Re: The great big Erikson vs. Martin thread
Damn, my first Erickson-bashing post didn't make it.
Things I dislike in Erickson's books :
- his characters, flat and uninteresting (esp. Malazan soldiers), except some like Felisin
- the lack of background and political maneuvers
- most of his characters are uber-something, be it soldiers, assassins or wizards
- Seguleh ('nuf said)
- the Empress (reminds me of Stalin)
- the reactions of his characters are unbelievable
Oh, and Garden of the Moon is way too complicated and confusing.
Re: The great big Erikson vs. Martin thread
for hte uninfromed..can nayoen give osem details on Erikson? his books? their plots? so on.
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RedGhost The Leech Lord
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(4/6/03 6:41 pm) Reply
Erickson's books
It's basically unrealistic military fantasy. You have the good Malazan empire, who colonizes people for their own good. The Malazan army is the best human army in the world, they have powerful wizards and demons as well, not to mention legions of undead warriors.
Erickson doesn't pay much attention to character developpment and most of his characters are overpowered (ie, half of them are potential gods). Oh, and the first book is really a hard read, it's completely confusing, like he tried to pack 3 or 4 books in one.
The good points are :
- an original religious system (all gods have been mortals before)
- the magic system is original too, though I'm not really sure to fully understand it
- the scale of the story is really impressive
- there are some good fights and from time to time, an original character
- it's gory
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