tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post4498237016590789210..comments2024-03-15T02:42:58.854-04:00Comments on The Hat Rack: I'm Sorry, Mr. Erikson, I Don't Think You Understood What You Were Trying to Do HereNathaniel Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-37083833638381578252010-06-17T13:02:54.428-04:002010-06-17T13:02:54.428-04:00Ever notice that the people at Westeros have a bit...Ever notice that the people at Westeros have a bit of a habit of railing against books they, for whatever reason, do not like? We see this with Erikson, of course, every time a thread is posted asking about or attempting to discuss his books, but the biggest example of this is Goodkind. Granted, I am no fan and have no desire to read his books, but I do feel that over twenty threads of mockery is going a bit far.<br /><br />From what I gather, having read a great deal of these threads, is that most of the people complaining that the books are little more than prose-form video games, comics, or anime tend to not have read too far into the series. Sure, there are some who have read all the way through, but it seems that a great deal of the ones pecking away at the series and Erikson have not read too far beyond the second book.<br /><br />To be honest, I am not much bothered by these complaints because they are partially true. Erikson's action scenes stray towards the badass and there is nothing at all wrong with that. Partially, of course, since that is not all his books provide. No, the complaint that constantly irritates me is the suggestion that Erikson needs an editor and that his books are overlong.<br /><br />Yes, the books are long and yes, there is a lot of (seemingly) extraneous crap to be found in them, but that is what makes the books what they are. An Erikson Malazan novel without all of that would be, I feel, diminished.<br /><br />Honestly, I think they just bitch about the books to bitch about the books. How many of them never got too far into the series and are just parroting that bullshit about it being a video game, etc? How many are bitching that the book needs an editor and most of the content needs cut, when it really is a matter of the book not being to their taste?<br /><br />And I really have to wonder how many people amongst the ranks of those bitching about it being a video game (etc) are among those complaining that the Myhbe arc should have been cut from MoI...Jameshttp://dazedrambling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com