After reading that Glen Cook was a huge influence on the fantastic Steven Erikson I felt compelled to find out more about the man that Erikson says changed the face of the fantasy genre. After reading The Black Company you can certainly plainly see the Cook influence in the Malazan magnus opus. Glen Cook really is worthy of the respect that modern day fantasy authors show him. The Black Company is a gritty and realistic military tale that wiped the floor with the trite fantasy offerings that had begun to drown the fantasy genre in the 1980s. Not many good things came out of the 80s but The Black Company series was definately one.

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