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Melusine · 07-16-2003, 02:52 PM

Frankly it stumps me to see the likes of R.A. Salvatore even mentioned in the same sentence as Tolkien.... but each to their own. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I don't read a lot of fantasy, but the authors I like most that have written fantasy-like things are J.R.R. Tolkien, Mervyn Peake, Terry Pratchett, Iain M. Banks, Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, C.S. Lewis, Robin Hobb and Tad Williams (purely for Otherland though, his other books I group with most fantasy authors: amusing but not of great literary value). Oh, and of Feist I thought the books about Mara and the Empire were well done. The rest was just another load of farmboy-saves-the-world-and-becomes-most-powerful-being-in-the-universe-and-then-author-decides-to-make-many-more-books-about-farmmunchkin-because-he-needs-a-new-car drivel. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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[ 07-16-2003, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: Melusine ]

07-16-2003, 02:52 PM	#47
Melusine Dracolisk Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Age: 45 Posts: 6,541	Frankly it stumps me to see the likes of R.A. Salvatore even mentioned in the same sentence as Tolkien.... but each to their own. [img]smile.gif[/img] I don't read a lot of fantasy, but the authors I like most that have written fantasy-like things are J.R.R. Tolkien, Mervyn Peake, Terry Pratchett, Iain M. Banks, Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, C.S. Lewis, Robin Hobb and Tad Williams (purely for Otherland though, his other books I group with most fantasy authors: amusing but not of great literary value). Oh, and of Feist I thought the books about Mara and the Empire were well done. The rest was just another load of farmboy-saves-the-world-and-becomes-most-powerful-being-in-the-universe-and-then-author-decides-to-make-many-more-books-about-farmmunchkin-because-he-needs-a-new-car drivel. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] [ 07-16-2003, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: Melusine ]