[ SECRET POST #2679 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2679 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Glen Cook has been one of my favorite authors since the 80s, but his standalone novels are better, IMO.

I don't think there ever was a fandom for the Black Company, even at the time. Probably because his readership has always been very limited: to to be fair, the Black Company books are unlikely to appeal to most, and certainly not to a teenage audience and it's teenagers who drive most fandoms.

Plus, his books have rarely had any marketing at all and they tend to be too... intelligent? Complex? Adult? Mm. Let's say full of really smart if usually biased characters, some sympathetic, some monstrous.

For instance, the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher are a very nearly direct plagiarism of Glen Cook's Garrett stories (which I used to love), but does anyone ever mention that? No, because the Dresden Files is much more immediately accessible as well as a lot more sexist in spite of being a lot more recent... Yes, I don't get it either.

But if you liked the Black Company books, I highly recommend 'The Dark Tower' and 'The Dragon Never Sleeps', both standalone novels which in my opinion are his masterpieces, though of VERY different genres: they are highly original and gripping, full of smart and imperfect characters one cannot help but root for.

I cannot guarantee that either ends with the hero riding off into the sunset with the heroine. It's just not the way Glen Cook rolls, in spite of the fact that his female characters are a lot stronger and more interesting than most. To start with, they rarely seem to need a male love interest to validate them, a concept that Hollywood for instance seems to find repugnant. You know: "OMG, Uhura does not already have a romantic interest? Which male character can we find that would reduce her to an unprofessional bundle of hormones for? Quick, quick! Brainstorm it for me, people!"). :(

Upon reflection, either of these two books would probably delight slash and femslash fans... the type who read everything with slash goggles I mean (like me, I guess).