Tad Williams: which book to start with?
By Oliver Johnson
When discussing the work of Tad Williams, three words tend to crop up: ‘beloved’ (as in best-loved author); ‘warm hearted’ (his delight in creating empathic heroes and heroines); and ‘immersive’ (his ability to conjure massive, sweeping worlds rivalling Tolkien). ‘Vast’ might be a worthy fourth. I’m not sure if anyone has tried adding up the number of published words but if we assume the minimum length of any of his series books is 300,000 ( and many are much longer) my guess would be in excess of 5 million words all told. So where to begin?
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