Otherland
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:59 pm
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Just curious if anyone has read Tad William's work. About two years ago i stumbled across the Otherland series, and became an instant fan (well, it took forever to finish the series...but near instant
), I believe it's one of the greatest (and longest) sci-fi stories I've read. Bear in mind, it was published in '96 - and is a marvel of prediction.
Otherland - City of Golden Shadow Pt. 1
Otherland - River of Blue Flame Pt. 2
Otherland - Mountain of Black Glass Pt. 3
Otherland - Sea of Silver Light Pt. 4
(Sci-fi epic. And I do mean epic. This is a four volume beast.)
Once I started to read/research his other works, i discovered he has a fantasy epic... Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn - which is comprised of:
The Dragonbone Chair Pt. 1
Stone of Farewell Pt. 2
To Green Angel Tower (conclusion of the trilogy, broken into two books)
I am not a particularly avid Fantasy fan - but I really enjoyed this trilogy -
it isn't high-fantasy and its no dungeon crawl either. It's a nice, solid work, that creates a very immersive world with a huge cast.
My least favorite work of his - War of the Flowers.
But I will need to re-read it, before I claim to actually dislike it.
Finally, his recent fantasy exploration is the Shadowmarch series -
I've only read the first book and have mixed impressions. Once again, a solid fantasy world.
Just curious if anyone has read Tad William's work. About two years ago i stumbled across the Otherland series, and became an instant fan (well, it took forever to finish the series...but near instant
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Otherland - City of Golden Shadow Pt. 1
Otherland - River of Blue Flame Pt. 2
Otherland - Mountain of Black Glass Pt. 3
Otherland - Sea of Silver Light Pt. 4
(Sci-fi epic. And I do mean epic. This is a four volume beast.)
Once I started to read/research his other works, i discovered he has a fantasy epic... Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn - which is comprised of:
The Dragonbone Chair Pt. 1
Stone of Farewell Pt. 2
To Green Angel Tower (conclusion of the trilogy, broken into two books)
I am not a particularly avid Fantasy fan - but I really enjoyed this trilogy -
it isn't high-fantasy and its no dungeon crawl either. It's a nice, solid work, that creates a very immersive world with a huge cast.
My least favorite work of his - War of the Flowers.
But I will need to re-read it, before I claim to actually dislike it.
Finally, his recent fantasy exploration is the Shadowmarch series -
I've only read the first book and have mixed impressions. Once again, a solid fantasy world.