Quotes About Glen Cook

Let's say the madonnas of the night in Elm were severely disappointed in the Black Company.

Did I snore again last night?' -'You solidified your grasp on the all-time women's championship. You're ready to compete at the next level.

Its front sags against its neighbor to the right, clinging for support like one of its own drunken patrons.

I am haunted by the clear knowledge that, in the end, evil always triumphs.

With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn't notice and maybe still don't. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the cliché archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote.

I often use detective elements in my books. I love detective novels. But I also think science fiction and detective stories are very close and friendly genres, which shows in the books by Isaac Asimov, John Brunner, and Glen Cook. However, whilst even a tiny drop of science fiction may harm a detective story, a little detective element benefits science fiction. Such a strange puzzle.