Steven Erikson is just a Glen Cook hack??

[the smiling weirwood]

Does Erikson get better? After the first two books?

I could hardly stomach them to be totally honest.

[murphy]

Originally Posted by the smiling weirwood

Does Erikson get better? After the first two books?

I could hardly stomach them to be totally honest.

It's a subjective matter. I loved them, but realize that not everyone does. If you didn't like the second book, then maybe you should quit reading them.

[viZion]

Originally Posted by the smiling weirwood

Does Erikson get better? After the first two books?

I could hardly stomach them to be totally honest.

I thought the first two were merely OK. They were just good enough for me to try the third book which many people said is one of the greatest fantasy books ever written. Unfortunately, for me the third book was just more of the same and even added a few more extremely tedious characters. The biggest culprit is the Mhybe who was just horrible and about halfway through the book I just started skipping her passages entirely. Skip anything written in italics as well.

Uh, long story short: no, it doesn't get any better/different after the first two books. I imagine that if you like the first two you'll like the rest and vice versa.