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Jay · 20th April 2005, 12:33 PM

Hi Garreth Jacks

First it's Word/Void, and it is a departure from the traditional high fantasy that Brooks has rippe...I mean written. In many ways this series, at least to me restored Brook's integrity as a viable writer, and IMHP the Word/Void series represent his best work by far. I think one of the installments, Angel Fire East represents the best single work Brooks has ever written.

The differences is that much of the story takes place in the "real world" and deals with the constant ongoing battle between the Word, and the Void. In Running with the Demon (the first book) you will be introduced to John Ross, a Knight of the Word. Brook's first time developing reasoanbley good characters, and thougthful dialogue.

As I said before this represent the first time IMHO that Brooks has written something close to being able to be called original and write believalble characters with some form of depth, and is his best work. That said fans of strictly high fantasy (for example his Shannara series) probably won't take to this series, there are no stereotypical elves running around, nor is magic employed at the end of novels to tidy up a loose plotline.

IMHO Word/Void represents by far Brook's best written work, and in saying that it means it's a slightly above average as a series comparitively in regards to the rest of fantasy IMHO.

20th April 2005, 12:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jay Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 545	Re: The world and the void Hi Garreth Jacks First it's Word/Void, and it is a departure from the traditional high fantasy that Brooks has rippe...I mean written. In many ways this series, at least to me restored Brook's integrity as a viable writer, and IMHP the Word/Void series represent his best work by far. I think one of the installments, Angel Fire East represents the best single work Brooks has ever written. The differences is that much of the story takes place in the "real world" and deals with the constant ongoing battle between the Word, and the Void. In Running with the Demon (the first book) you will be introduced to John Ross, a Knight of the Word. Brook's first time developing reasoanbley good characters, and thougthful dialogue. As I said before this represent the first time IMHO that Brooks has written something close to being able to be called original and write believalble characters with some form of depth, and is his best work. That said fans of strictly high fantasy (for example his Shannara series) probably won't take to this series, there are no stereotypical elves running around, nor is magic employed at the end of novels to tidy up a loose plotline. IMHO Word/Void represents by far Brook's best written work, and in saying that it means it's a slightly above average as a series comparitively in regards to the rest of fantasy IMHO.