Book Thread: VGChartz gotta start readin'!

[Khuutra]

haxxiy said:

Khuutra said:

Erikson has the advantage of providing an excellent sense of cultural diversity, as if he has created a world.

I do not think I would compare Jordan to either him or Martin.

Yeah but Sanderson for instance also does it very well and it didn't keep Way of Kings to be a complete disappointment. The same can be said for FFXII and the likes if tou are among those who hated it. And that's leaving expanded SW alone...

To actually be a good writer asf far as characters, plot etc. are concerned is harder and matters more than worldbuilding IMO.

FFXII is the best game in the series with the best writing and the best characters but that's savagely off-topic.

Robert Jordan (may he rest in peace) couldn't write women. Period. I can only assume that his understanding of the relationships between men and women was not accurately communicated in his portrayals of them. I liked the first few Wheel of Time books, but Jordan is not in any way comparable to Erikson or Martin.

And yes, characters are more important than worldbuilding - unless, ah, the world becomes something so grand, so wonderful, as to match the means of characters who walk other worlds.