[No-God]

Fool said:

What? We cant compare them because they're different? Thats the whole point of comparing stuff! Finding out where its different.

And because erikson accidentally changed the gender of a characer?

Huh?

If you cant compare two authors who both write epic fantasy, who can you compare?

Just because two books are epic fantasy, it doesn't mean they're similar.

I'm not bad mouthing Erikson for changing a character's gender. But my point is, gender obviously plays less of a role in the Malazan Book of the Fallen than in the Prince of Nothing. Women were looked down upon in Bakker's story, because he had a realistic social status for them. Erikson has no such gender heirarchy.

You can contrast two stories. Like how the Malazan Books focus on a different event each novel, and it directly affects the events of the next book, and the Prince of Nothing clearly tells of one general plot. Or how Bakker's is a very dark, poetic fantasy, and Erikson's isn't.

[Folken]

I with Fool on this Bakker business now. Dear god it's a pain to get through this novel. I'm going back to Dune for now:p
Half the time I read it I feel like beating Esmi to death or beating some sense into Akka or just plain shooting Kelhus. Conphas is the only character that I enjoy reading about now and I swear if he dies *shakes fist*

[McLovin]

Post that question on the Three Seas Forum. Bakker regularly answers questions.