You and me, both :o) Though I stopped reading Jordan several books (and almost a decade) ago. I like GRRM, I didn't like the first two pern books as much but -loved- the dragon harper books (and the Sassinak books - not so much planet pirates or Death of Sleep). I liked the first two Dark Materials books and hated the third. I -love- Guy Gavriel Kay and Lions of Al-Rassan is my favorite of his stuff.