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Originally Posted by Rane Longfox  I much prefered Otherland to MS&T, actually. Both are huge, and qite complicated, but Otherland has that extra little bit of imagination I soimehow found lacking in MS&T... Maybe it's just me? |
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Otherland has more than a "extra little bit" of imagination by comparison - it's as if it was written by a different author! I found Otherland incredibly engrossing, not only immensely imaginative and original but with wonderful character development. On the flip side, I have actually set the Dragon Bone Chair aside (for now) after getting thru 500 pages. I can't take it anymore right now. Perhaps I'm just tired of the fantasy genre's predictability, but that doesn't excuse the lack of depth in the characters. I really don't find any of them interesting. I find I don't even care about Simon
With Otherland I thought I had found my favorite author, however, after reading Tailspinner (thought it was very average) and my current disappointment with MS&T, I'm thinking maybe Otherland is just William's one live round in a chamber full of blanks?