The Elfstones of Shannara vs The Timegod: Which Should You Read?

The Elfstones of Shannara Terry Brooks · 1982 ★★★★☆ 4.1 619 pages · ≈ 11 h 28 m · Moderate

Ancient, ultimate evil threaterned the Elves and the Races of Man. For the Ellcrys, the tree created by long-lost elven magic, was dying, losing the spell of Forbidding that locked the hordes of ravening Demons away…

The Timegod L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · 1993 ★★★★☆ 3.8 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate

L.E. Modesitt's "Timegod" was first published in mass market format, expanded from his first novel, "The Fires of Paratime." Although somewhat reminiscent of the "Change War" stories of Fritz Lieber, and though science…