Favorite fantasy author

[Karacan]

And then there's the grandfather of Sword And Sorcery Tales, Fritz Leiber.

I just ran across a new edition of his four Swords Of Lankhmar collected books, which means they're avaiable.

If you ever wanted to know where Pratchett got his initial ideas from (read Colours Of Magic after that, and you'll see what I mean), what the codeword "Fafhrd" in Baldur's Gate II meant and why every serious author mentions Leiber in a foreword of his books, well, here's the time. They're great, light read.

[Jasper]

Originally posted by Arryn:
Please try to be a little more understanding before you post insulting lines like

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If you have trouble getting any of these authors, you simply haven't tried.

Also try to consider that some of us have real lives and we do not have unlimited amounts of time to spend on chasing down obscure books.

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Obscure books?! It took me all of _TWO_SECONDS_ to search for and find his books on amazon.com, where I found Mythago Wood used for $.99. It took me about a minute to determine my local small town library has Mythago Wood on the shelf.

If you're having trouble, you haven't tried -- this isn't an insult, it's the truth. Let me guess, you didn't even try looking in the library? The public library in Houston even claims to have it...

[ January 24, 2004, 00:47: Message edited by: Jasper ]

[officer_jenny]

hi everybody, not a real big fantasy fan here, but im wondering why no one has mentioned Gene Wolfe/Book of the New Sun?
also, wouldnt Lovecraft fit into this discussion, considering Dominions 2 has an entire race based on his work?

[J Stanley]

Steven Brust is also very good.

[Teraswaerto]

Lovecraft is more horror than fantasy, though what the difference between the two is I don't know.

One other that hasn't been mentioned, possibly for the same reason, is Stephen King with his The Dark Tower series. Best books King has written, and that makes them pretty damn good.

[Breschau]

Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
One other that hasn't been mentioned, possibly for the same reason, is Stephen King with his The Dark Tower series. Best books King has written, and that makes them pretty damn good.

I didn't mention them in my post for the possibly same reason, despite having read a couple of them in the Last month or so.

Wasn't sure if they'd be considered fantasy, horror, or sci-fi.

Also read a Clive Barker book not too long ago that was almost certainly fantasy, but I forget what it was called. And it felt like it was maybe aimed more at children (though it was still an enjoyable read).

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
Sorry to say, but Eddings is quite possibly the worst fantasy writer in existence (though I've heard that Mercedes Lackey is even worse, I've not had the displeasure of reading her stuff myself). The same (not particularly good & horribly cliched to boot) plot and identical characters only with new names in book after another.

I rather enjoyed the Belgariad (I didn't have the courage to go through much of the rest of their writing, though - he does write in tandem with his wife). It was rather fun, in a parodic, ultra-stereotyped way. Kind of like Pratchett, only I'm not too sure it's intended in the Eddings' case.

Voted for Martin; would have added more if I had noticed one could go "more than one"