Favorite fantasy author

[Jasper]

Originally posted by officer_jenny:
hi everybody, not a real big fantasy fan here, but im wondering why no one has mentioned Gene Wolfe/Book of the New Sun?

Gene Wolf is excellent! I imagine nobody has mentioned him because his famous works are more science fiction. Once you include him, there's a long list of sci-fi authors to include...

[Catquiet]

P.C. Hodgell - God Stalk series

[diamondspider]

For me, great fantasy is less about specific authors and more about specific *works*.

I can't think of many authors that are consistant enough for me to rate them apart from specific books.

That said, here are my top 10 all time favorite fantasy books/series segments (strictly excluding sci-fi and horror):

1. Lord of the Rings : Tolkien
2. The Hobbit : Tolkien
3. Paksenarrion trilogy : Moon
4. A Song of Fire and Ice trilogy : Martin
5. The Sword of Truth series (first 3) : Goodkind
6. Dying Earth : Vance
7. Cugel's Saga : Vance
8. Lankhmar Series (first 3) : Leiber
9. Jack of Shadows : Zelazny
10. A Wizard of Earthsea : Le Guin

[ January 26, 2004, 10:57: Message edited by: diamondspider ]

[Teraswaerto]

Originally posted by diamondspider:

4. A Song of Fire and Ice trilogy : Martin

Except it isn't a trilogy.

[diamondspider]

Originally posted by Teraswaerto:

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Originally posted by diamondspider:

4. A Song of Fire and Ice trilogy : Martin

Except it isn't a trilogy.

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It is until at least April

We'll see if the new book makes my list. My guess is: yes.

edit: regarding release date as per PhilD.

[ January 26, 2004, 17:00: Message edited by: diamondspider ]

[PhilD]

Originally posted by diamondspider:

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Originally posted by Teraswaerto:

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Originally posted by diamondspider:

4. A Song of Fire and Ice trilogy : Martin

Except it isn't a trilogy.

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It is until April

We'll see if the new book makes my list. My guess is: yes.

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Not to sound pessimistic, but... GRR Martin promises to post about A Feast for Crows on his homepage as soon as it is done, and he still hasn't. Until he does, any street date his publisher may have announced is pure speculation, and, at the moment, April seems... optimistic.

[taterbill]

Here's another vote for George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. IMHO, second only to Tolkein. As a magnum opus and a genre-creator, LOTR is unbeatable, but for a pure enjoyable read and characters you truly care about, Martin 's trilogy (so far) is the best ever.