Stephen Donaldson

Don't go there.

I read the first three books a few years ago (long after they had actually been published). I was younger, I was foolish, I was just getting into fastasy....

I got them in an omnibus edition. I'd like to thank the experience for teaching me that a book is not always worth finishing (I did but I was urging it to finish and put me out of his misery), and I have been a bit more selective since then.

His Gap series (SciFi not Fantasy) was much better; they were still a bunch of f*ckwits, but I could stand reading them, and even re-reading the five-book series. My sister, who owns the literary 'taste' in the family, couldn't get into them, though. You've been warned.

But his 6 (and now apparently 9) book series about about one of the most miserable twats I've ever seen invented? Infect yourself with Candiru first; it's got to be more enjoyable.