is K. J. Parker as good as Abercrombie?

[Tamahome]

I heard they were similar...

[Laurel]

I've only read a few of his/her novellas, but I loved them!

Purple and Black and Blue and Gold were both witty, imaginative, and darkly sarcastic! I recommend them both highly.

[Paul]

Personally, i think the Scavenger trilogy (Shadow, Pattern, Memory) is better. Not a great deal in the way of humour, but I think it's a classic of modern fantasy. The Engineer trilogy was also good, but not really on the same level. Not read any of her others yet, although I thoroughly intend to.

[Noel]

K J Parker is very different stylistically to Abercrombie. I love both of them as authors, Parker's engineer series being excellent. His style is very dry and matter of fact, describing even violent and cataclysmic events in an unemotional and spare way. Parker leaves the hyperbole to others.