[bennysaurus]

(The Thomas Covenant series was by Stephen Donaldson by the way)

Card definitely has his own style with his work. Whether it's great or not is dependant on the reader - http://one-starreviews.tumblr.com/ gives some fantastic examples.

If you can, try the Seventh Son series though. easier read than Speaker or Xenocide, and very interesting IMO.

[xenophonf]

Whoops! I meant Alvin Maker. Well, I'm not a huge fan of Donaldson either, for whatever that's worth.