Quick lit question

[stephbg]

Has anyone noticed similarities between Richard Morgan's The Steel Remains and Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarion trilogy?

Comments

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

I've still not read any of Elizabeth Moon's fantasy work. If I loved The Steel Remains, but found Magician compelling but dull, would you recommend the Paksenarion books?

The Speed of Dark was good :)

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

The Speed of Dark is largely irrelevant here, and it's a helluva long time since I read Magician (I'm assuming Feist's?). I liked EM's mud&blood&boredom realism of a feudal/fantasy soldier's existence in the Paks books, although she wandered alarmingly into a few phat fantasy tropes in the dull middle bits and the predictable ending. That said, the writing itself was well done.

So yes, read them.

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it sounds promising.

(and yes, Feist's)