/lit/ - Literature

Say what you will, I love this guy

I liked the Merlin Cycle.

80s critics lambasted it for not having ideas as expansive and original as the Corwin books, but a) the Corwin books were derivative in the first place and b) in retrospect, the "80s hacker" ideas presented in the Merlin books are actually still relevant today and not dated at all (like "Neuromancer" or "Snow Crash"). Also the major flaws of the Corwin books are pretty much done away with, like the incessant recaps or the unnecessary repeated descriptions of travel through Shadow.

Merlin cycle ≥ Corwin cycle