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Originally posted by alexti:
George R.R. Martin is the only one fantasy writers I know in whose books the future is unpredictable His other books, for example Windhaven and Fever Dream are very good too. And some old short story (Sandkings?) is almost a scenario for some strategy game (Warlords?) :-)

But does anybody know another author of similar quality?

Try Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen. He's even better than Martin, especially if you like a world with loads of magic and non-human races. Much more "fantastic" than A Song of Ice and Fire, and just as gritty.