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Best fantasy authors Tavi Send a noteboard - 04/12/2009 07:01:48 AM
I disagree with pretty much that entire list. Although, to be fair, I've only read about half of it, and couldn't get into them.

And since it would be far too difficult to list just six novels that I think make it into the top tier of fantasy, I thought I'd list who the top fantasy authors are, in my opinion (and yes, I know my opinion sucks.)

In no particular order:

George R R Martin

Neil Gaiman

Jim Butcher

Steven Erikson

Scott Lynch

Robert Jordan

Brandon Sanderson

J R R Tolkien

Frank Herbert

Pick apart my choices at your leisure.

This message last edited by Tavi on 04/12/2009 at 07:02:18 AM
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Six best fantasy novels? Larry - 04/12/2009 05:54:54 AM 1804 Views
Best fantasy authors Tavi - 04/12/2009 07:01:48 AM 1490 Views
Have you read Robin Hobb? *NM* Deadsy - 04/12/2009 04:01:23 PM 746 Views
I have, and wasn't really impressed Tavi - 04/12/2009 10:08:25 PM 1318 Views
You definitely read the wrong stuff first Deadsy - 05/12/2009 12:12:07 AM 1417 Views
Agreed. unr3stricted - 09/12/2009 09:55:12 PM 1323 Views
Only read two. Book of the New Sun definitely deserves that spot. Mieville, not so much. Ghavrel - 04/12/2009 08:06:45 AM 1492 Views
Interesting. Werthead - 04/12/2009 05:21:04 PM 1354 Views
Why Mieville, if I may ask? *NM* Ghavrel - 04/12/2009 08:33:43 PM 757 Views
I didn't mean that to be a reply to you, but still Werthead - 05/12/2009 03:15:36 AM 1476 Views
No worries. Ghavrel - 05/12/2009 03:52:11 AM 1370 Views
But the list was for favorite books, not favorite or most important authors A Deathwatch Guard - 05/12/2009 10:25:13 AM 1307 Views
It was for "best" books. I realize that has a lot of meanings, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 05/12/2009 08:37:01 PM 600 Views
Hm... good point A Deathwatch Guard - 06/12/2009 02:19:13 AM 1101 Views
Glen Cook is radically overrated. Werthead - 05/12/2009 04:09:07 PM 1451 Views
Well, he's at least part of the wave that humanized fantasy. Ghavrel - 05/12/2009 08:36:29 PM 1221 Views
In the US, yes. Elsewhere, no, because they didn't know about him. Werthead - 06/12/2009 04:36:31 PM 1309 Views
Interesting. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:15:37 AM 1278 Views
Two years? It was published in 2000... *NM* Legolas - 05/12/2009 09:03:33 PM 504 Views
Nine years is like two. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 12:25:49 AM 683 Views
I've yet to read a Gene Wolfe. rebelaessedai - 06/12/2009 02:26:54 AM 1249 Views
Yes, yes, yes. Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 02:35:45 AM 1203 Views
You know I directly added almost all of those Wolfe quotes there, right? Larry - 06/12/2009 05:26:40 AM 1340 Views
I just find Mieville's prose exceptionally standard. Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 07:25:05 AM 1347 Views
Isn't that almost a contradiction of terms there? Larry - 06/12/2009 07:45:47 AM 1276 Views
It's remarkable for its normalcy because so many people praise it? Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 09:11:18 AM 1190 Views
Who the heck are these people? *NM* ironclad - 04/12/2009 12:46:48 PM 733 Views
I've never heard of any of them either.... *NM* Fantasy - 05/12/2009 02:58:11 AM 957 Views
Literati Larry - 06/12/2009 05:27:28 AM 1183 Views
Yeah you're so much better than us *NM* ironclad - 06/12/2009 12:00:27 PM 668 Views
Well, you can hardly expect a group to go around calling themselves "elitist snobs." *NM* Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:16:16 AM 638 Views
Is he trying to be cool by listing stuff that 90% of fantasy readers have never heard of? Deadsy - 04/12/2009 04:05:46 PM 1258 Views
Actually, several of those books have been bestsellers and/or won several genre awards Larry - 06/12/2009 05:28:18 AM 1251 Views
I'm very ambivalent about A Wizard of Earthsea AgentOrange - 04/12/2009 05:18:00 PM 1251 Views
Possibly has to do with the times in which it was written/read Larry - 06/12/2009 05:29:27 AM 1216 Views
My Best Six best fantasy novels Nolan - 04/12/2009 07:44:12 PM 1007 Views
Re: My Best Six best fantasy novels *NM* Nolan - 04/12/2009 07:45:25 PM 576 Views
oops! *NM* Nolan - 04/12/2009 07:46:34 PM 616 Views
Re: Six best fantasy novels? Aeryn - 04/12/2009 09:06:18 PM 1352 Views
I really need to get around to reading Mists of Avalon. Ghavrel - 04/12/2009 09:50:54 PM 1142 Views
Calenture Aeryn - 05/12/2009 12:44:14 AM 1112 Views
That... sounds so cool. I'm going to check it out as soon as I get home. Ghavrel - 05/12/2009 03:53:55 AM 1216 Views
Ooh, I need to get my hands on Calenture. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/12/2009 02:27:34 AM 657 Views
And ha! I thought it might be you. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/12/2009 02:29:13 AM 651 Views
I'll eventually get to those in the near future Larry - 06/12/2009 05:31:29 AM 1244 Views
I don't read or buy books anymore. Aeryn - 06/12/2009 11:45:33 PM 1255 Views
I understand that Larry - 07/12/2009 12:55:46 AM 1297 Views
Okay, I'll give it a shot Tom - 04/12/2009 10:12:47 PM 1334 Views
You might more mythopoeic material in your fantasies, don't you? *NM* Larry - 04/12/2009 11:22:33 PM 689 Views
Mythopoeic? Who...me? Tom - 05/12/2009 02:19:03 AM 1132 Views
Yes, you Larry - 05/12/2009 03:51:25 AM 1287 Views
The Blogger Seems to Agree With You. The Name With No Man - 05/12/2009 10:10:07 PM 1278 Views
Book of the New Sun is very early 80's and is almost inarguably a classic of the genre. Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 12:26:55 AM 1302 Views
Never Read It, But All Accounts Support That View. The Name With No Man - 06/12/2009 02:44:17 PM 1398 Views
Bending the terms a bit... Larry - 04/12/2009 11:21:33 PM 1370 Views
n/a *NM* Aeryn - 05/12/2009 12:46:45 AM 583 Views
I like Grossman's list a lot more than Henry's. *NM* Legolas - 04/12/2009 11:41:36 PM 641 Views
Here are mine, but I probably haven't really read enough fantasy to have a top 5 Deadsy - 05/12/2009 12:16:13 AM 1148 Views
Have you tried any standalones recently? Larry - 06/12/2009 05:33:41 AM 1238 Views
I always end up wanting more Deadsy - 06/12/2009 05:53:11 AM 1236 Views
What if there were 50 more standalones that you could read that likely would be quite good? Larry - 06/12/2009 06:12:53 AM 1330 Views
The only one on his list I would think about agreeing with is Meiville. MightyYT - 05/12/2009 03:11:25 AM 1300 Views
Have you tried Mark Danielewski's House of Leaves yet? Larry - 06/12/2009 05:34:48 AM 1168 Views
No list is complete without Goodkind *NM* Choss Hauler - 05/12/2009 07:59:22 AM 697 Views
Sorry, I can't help it- no *porn* list is complete without Goodkind... *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/12/2009 02:21:22 AM 546 Views
For me....: A Deathwatch Guard - 05/12/2009 10:36:42 AM 1331 Views
He certainly has a specific kind of taste. rebelaessedai - 06/12/2009 02:20:30 AM 1171 Views
Pfft! Larry - 06/12/2009 06:54:24 AM 1074 Views
Who are you asking?? rebelaessedai - 07/12/2009 08:09:25 PM 1191 Views
Might give this a go myself... rebelaessedai - 06/12/2009 02:24:52 AM 1235 Views
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