
Originally Posted by
Drageuth
Yeah. The Dark Elf series was good (and, really, lots of Salvatore's novels based around Drizzt were decent), but there are definitely other, better books in FR.
Yeah, he died a few years back. Apparently he had extensive notes left behind of exactly what he wanted to happen, and Brandon Sanderson was approached by Jordan's widow to finish the series. The later books are... pretty good. You can tell it's someone else writing them, but he stays fairly faithful to all of the characters mannerisms and whatnot.