![]() Where other authors would base entire multi-ologies on a concept or two, Tad Williams uses them as sidelines, ready to be discarded. Tad Williams creates an extremely well balanced crossover between cyberpunk (says he who never read Gibson), science fiction (says he who never read Asimov) and fantasy (says he who did read quite a bit of that). Now it is likely due to my limited exposure to a wide variety of authors and the fact that I wouldn't actually find the "well-read" adjective particularly fitting in front of my name, but I recognise greatness when I see or read it. "Otherland" is a four-part series of which so far I've been able to read Volume One, "City of Golden Shadow". I have rarely been so totally swept off my feet by a single book. The author's name, of course, is Tad Williams. However, the list would also have included an author that I have discovered really recently but that has already nested himself in my consciousness as A Great Author. Adams would probably be in it, Tolkien, Donaldson, Pratchett, and one or two others. Tailchaser mainly due to the final act not delivering, Ancient City more down to it being a short work (it's more like a novella, 200 pages large print) that was entertaining but doesn't feel fully developed.Had I been asked to make a list of top authors of the century, it would have contained names of well-seasoned authors whom I've read in the past 25 years or so. Tailchaser's Song and Child of an Ancient City were decent but his weakest works I've read. Shadowmarch isn't as good as those but pretty good - mainly due to Book 1 feeling too fast and developing certain things too little and some of the resolution of 4 making certain storylines feel like too much time was spent on them. I think MST is also very good for different reasons (less plot focused until book 3, more character/world based) and War of the Flowers is a great stand alone. Last King of Osten Ard and it's tiny bridge book Heart of What Was Lost feel like an adult meditation on the fantasy genre in a world he made and have the advantage of starting with the wide amount of plot threads and ensemble cast the original trilogy only gets later. ![]() Otherland might be my favorite work of his, but his recent sequel trilogy to Memory, Sorrow and Thorn will top it if the final book (due 2021) delivers. If you follow the blue link in the subtitles you'll get a list of sub posts for each one that's been flaired. There's a list of all Tad's work, by the way, in the wiki along with a short description of each book. I've just started, today (having downloaded it yesterday), Shadowmarch and I'm already revelling in getting back to Tad's glorious writing - having spent offline time reading discounted (cheap) "time-passer" books that I'd tucked away on my Kindle "for later". In true Tad fashion I disappeared into the world and, oddly, almost forgot that the characters are all either angels or demons. Then I read the whole of the Bobby Dollar series, not really knowing what to expect. It's a lovely story, one you could probably read in just a couple of evenings. Whilst I was offline I read Tailchaser's Song, intending to keep up with the readalong but our internet had other ideas. ![]() I think would stand a sequel although I don't know if one is planned. The link book plus the second series is the icing on the cake.Įarlier this I read War of the Flowers, which is brilliant. Other people have answered your question about Otherland and Sellers, so I'll talk briefly about Tad's other books.ĭespite starting this sub and having been a Tad fan for donkey's years I still haven't read all his work and only really knew him for the MST trilogy, which I've read a few times since it was first published. I haven't read his standalones yet like War of the Flowers or Tailchasers Song but will probably do so this winter. I have Shadowmarch 4th but I don't have much of a gap between it and Otherland. Last King of Osten Ard (including Heart of What Was Lost as part of this series) If I had to separate them into separate series, I would probably rank it: Memory, Sorrow and Thorn is the original trilogy and he is currently editing the final volume of his new trilogy which we should get next year along with another novella. My favorite Williams' series, like most people I would assume, is his Osten Ard books. Used as a stand in for heroin or meth it seems. I believe are charges interact with the gear they have wired to their brains to give them an intense high. ![]() He appears as just the white silhouette when she talks to him. I can't remember exactly if he helps them disconnect or just helps her find !Xabbu. I don't have the books in front of me right now but Sellars appears to Renie while she and !Xabbu were trapped in the club.
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