Favorite fantasy author
 

The first question is an unscientific poll to determine which fantasy author Dominions players like the most.

The second question is a cheap shot at the (im)famous Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. (Hey, who says the pollster has to be unbiased?)

Re: Favorite fantasy author
 

Missing anyone in that little list of yours? Hmm?

Just ponder for awhile...
It'll come to you...


HOW ABOUT FREAKING J.R.R. TOLKIEN?

Ring a bell? Hm? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Sheesh!

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Guy Gavriel Kay and Glen Cook were also notably missing, IMHO.

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As are CS Friedman and CS Lewis (though Tolkein gets my vote http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif )

~Aldin

[ January 22, 2004, 04:15: Message edited by: aldin ]

Re: Favorite fantasy author
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Friedman, while excellent, is predominantly considered SF (well, so are Drake and Weber, truth to tell). Note I didn't include C.J. Cherryh either. Or many other quite good cross-genre authors. It's not meant to be a comprehensive list. I did say something about it being, ah, non-scientific? That's a weasel word for "inaccurate" or "non-comprehensive".

I didn't include authors like Lewis and Tolkien deliberately. They aren't currently writing. That in no way lessens the merit of their works. Perhaps I should have mentioned why I chose the list I did. But, hey, it's my list. heh


Cheers!

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how about Roger Zelazny?

The Great book of Amber is probably my favorite fantasy novel after Tolkien and Lewis. He died a couple of years ago. That disqualifies him i guess

[ January 22, 2004, 07:10: Message edited by: ExitJudas ]

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At the moment Steven Erikson with his Malazan Empire serie. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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Michael Moorcock

His eternal champion series are each for itself fun to read. However, if you have read all of them and start finding out how the different characters, even those that never met, influence each other, it gets even more fun.

Great work!

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Terry Pratchet. His books always find a good home on my bookshelves. I'm no big fan of fantasy but this guy writes in a way I can identify with. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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You missed Ursula LeGuin... or whatever her name was. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif You know, Earthsea. Famous and suchlike.