I recently revisited the shannara series (and the add on's) and it kind of tainted my early experiences.
I grew up with these books reading every single one (apart from his latest trilogy) and at the time seemed like the most fantastic books. But as I have grown older either 1) My tastes have changed or 2) I have experienced better examples of fiction. They are still good. If only for the memories (and influences) of my life. For example I associate Sword of Shannara with a very happy time in school (year 9) where I had no worries of stresses. Terry Brookes was also the first fantasy I read and so introduced me to the works I love today
