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[AenorVZ]

Originally Posted by xKoopa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I feel like Brandon Sanderson is the only current author that's really good.

His efforts at completing Wheel of Time after Robert Jordan's untimely demise were an abomination. Those books were so horrible I can't bring myself to give his stuff a chance.

As for comparing Martin to Tolkien, yeah it's definitely not for the short attention span. Martin's work is so dense it has spawned an entire youtube subculture of content creators trying to string together predictions from the thousands of clues Martin embeds to misdirect the reader.

Tolkien was a christian and presented a stratified world where good and evil were racial characteristics. Martin is an atheist who presents a much more bleak view of the human condition where morality is far more ambiguous. In his other work, Martin has made clear that he set out to deconstruct Tolkien's simplistic views of morality.

[Pokesan]

Originally Posted by AenorVZ [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As for comparing Martin to Tolkien, yeah it's definitely not for the short attention span. Martin's work is so dense it has spawned an entire youtube subculture of content creators trying to string together predictions from the thousands of clues Martin embeds to misdirect the reader.

Tolkien was a christian and presented a stratified world where good and evil were racial characteristics. Martin is an atheist who presents a much more bleak view of the human condition where morality is far more ambiguous. In his other work, Martin has made clear that he set out to deconstruct Tolkien's simplistic views of morality.

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I am Darkstar and I am of the night.

[xKoopa]

Originally Posted by AenorVZ [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

His efforts at completing Wheel of Time after Robert Jordan's untimely demise were an abomination. Those books were so horrible I can't bring myself to give his stuff a chance.

What was so bad about it? WoT was a huge mess to be cleaned up, and i felt his writing was better than Robert Jordans (typos in particular trigger me). I know there was a certain word he used alot, but thats kind of a minor thing.

What i like best about Brandon is his originality. Fantasy is always so generic and boring, but Brandon has lots of new ideas that keeps it fresh imo

[aaezil]

david gemmel was perhaps the best modern heroic fantasy author. Check out his books.

[Manticmuse]

Robert Charles Wilson - Spin

[xtraball]

Originally Posted by Manticmuse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Robert Charles Wilson - Spin

More Syfy than Fantasy but I like his work. Just reading "Last Year" right now.

+1 for Dave Eddings (Belgariad and Malloreon)

What about the Chronicles of Amber from Robert Zelazny ?

[Jarnauga]

"Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" by Tad Williams. Short cycle (3 books) and allegedly the cycle that made GRR Martin realize that fantasy could be for adults. Cycle starts slow but when the actual adventure begins, that's a hell of a ride.

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[Sidelle]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Need GRRM to finish the f#cking series so I can move this to the completed section.

He's been pretty busy lately, but I'm sure he'll finish it eventually.

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[Icetech]

I have been reading David Weber's honorverse.. And although it's more sci-fi than fantasy holy crap it's soooo good.. probably my second favorite author behind pratchett..

[Lojik]

Aren't all books for nerds?