I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

Ah yes, the metaphysics of the Recluse world. I think I accepted it because I read it more as 'There are two powers in the world, one called Chaos, the other Order' rather than applying any previous definition of it all.

I kind of liked it due to the fact that it switched the usual Good/Evil thing around at times, Black was Good, but not necessarily 'good' and the same with White. It was interesting to see the propaganda on both sides in regards to who was the good guys and who was the bad guys. That world is a lot more belivable to me due to the political machinations than any other 'Race X is evil evil evil, while Race Y is goody good' style story, everyone has an agenda, which does not necessarily make them evil per se, just having different goals than the 'main character'. It also is based on a world that is technologically regressed rather than just unevolved, so the histories and use of technology is interesting.

I guess what gives them readability for me, is that every single book ties in with each other in some way or another, and reading them again lets me locate those links and think "Oh wow, this situation is written from the other side in that other book" or "This is how that action was marked down as history from that previous book", it's a series of well mapped out concepts, even though it spans centuries of time.

Have you tried his 'Ghost' series? Starting with 'Of Tangible Ghosts' it's an alternate history style book series, which is quite well written.

If you're for character driven, Spider Robinson has some fantastic books, if you can wrap your mind around his writing style...Wonderfully re-readable