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Fantasy Literature
In reply to the discussion: So, let's do it here: What Fantasy authors do you like? [View all]Oakenshield
(628 posts)61. There are plenty I like....but favorites? That's a bit difficult.
I'm a big fan of Dan Abnett, Garth Nix, Clive Barker, Eoin Colfer and Stuart Hill to name a few. Brian Jacques really got me hooked to reading fiction, so he'll always hold a place of prominence where my favorites are concerned. I also enjoyed J K Rowling and Terry Goodkind, although the former is more talented. I'll always be grateful to George RR Martin for the Game of Thrones TV series, but the book themselves I find to be very dry where as I love the world Tolkien created but I personally find his actual writing ability to be pretty poor.
To conclude this short post, thanks lazarus for making this thread. I'm sure I'll be enjoying some great new books from the authors listed here. Cheers!
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You've asked a question that could bring on intra-familial warfare at our house.
getting old in mke
Dec 2011
#28
I'm kind of new to the genre but here's the authors I've really enjoyed so far...
Lone_Star_Dem
Dec 2011
#12