[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 ]