Whats better - Magician or Sword of Shannara?

[simonj]

Which book do you love more, Raymond Fiest's Magician or Terry Brooks Sword of Shannara? (or perhaps the question should be which do you hate least?)

I personally prefer Sword..I never finished reading Magician but I want to re-read it one day.

Simon

 

[Ainulindale]

This is a tough question, they are both incredibly awful on almost every level. If I had to choose I'd go with Feist but it's like picking whether to shoot myself in either my left or right..well you get the point.

 

[Brys]

I didn't think Feist's Magician was that bad. Sure, it was very flawed, it wasn't entirely original, but it had some good parts and I think it's clear he's more original than Brooks (the Kelewan part at least). Perhaps I was just lucky to read Feist as one of the first fantasy authors I read, but I remember him being distinctly better than Eddings, and IMO he's at least an equal to Jordan at his best with Magician. Of course, Magician is his best novel.

 

[bookmonk]

For the page boy turned most powerful wizard/warrior/choose your archtype cliche, Feist pretty much does it best. i would go with Feist's riftwar saga and just keep reading them all, up to conclave of shadows then stop lol cause the conclave series is stupid.