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Originally Posted by pdurrant
It drops slightly. It was still fun, but I'm not going to rush out and buy the next one. He does have an irritating habit of telling you about his characters' thoughts and feelings in bits of authorial exposition, instead of revealing them through the interaction of his characters.
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The fun part about Landover (and I never finished the series either) is that it's slightly autobiographical in nature. It's about a trial lawyer who abandons that career to "escape" into a fantasy world. Which is kind of what Terry Brooks did when Shannara hit it big. He's admitted that Ben Holiday is very representative of himself. I admit I have a nostalgic kind of love for all Brooks' stuff -- lets face it, Brooks and Donaldson made epic fantasy almost "cool" 1977.
I'm currently reading David Wingrove's
Son of Heaven a newly released prequel to his epic Chung Kuo series (1989-1999) -- which is in the process of being re-released, re-packaged and expanded upon (the original ending was a bit rushed).