Quote:
Originally posted by Thoran:
I avoid those sorts of "corporate fiction" series' like the plague. They're trying to sell product, and they DON'T pay the money it'd take to get top quality talent. I think they might be appropriate for young readers, because they tend toward simple plots and storylines, the subtlety of a warhammer upside the head, little character development, and LOTS of action (I enjoyed Dragonlance when I read it as a teen, started rereading one last year and it was laughably bad [img]smile.gif[/img] ).
|
That's true for the vast majority. But there are a few pearls.
Track down Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn Trilogy - Xenos, Malleus and Hereticus. Forget Warhammer 40,000 - these three are by far among some of the greatest works of fiction I've ever read. Most of the 40,000 stuff is dross, but not these. Similar to 'Draco' in that the main character is an Inquisitor, but the story and the characters simply outplay the Inquisition War trilogy (Draco, Harlequin, Chaos Child) by a mile.