Great Fantasy Authors

[Dirkus]

Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson is my favorite.

[Millburn]

Elizabeth Haydon's Rhapsody trilogy is one of my favorite series of books ever written. Really incredible fantasy writing if you've never read it.

[Tulnavara]

Have only read the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks but it was pretty good.

[citizen1080]

Raymond E Feist - Riftwar series is fantastic all 22 some books

Brandon Sanderson - Read everything he has put out, great stuff

George RR Martin - Obv

Steven King - wut? I don't like anything he has written except his Dark Tower series. And it may well be the best story I have ever read.

Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth series is great, don't judge it by the shittastic tv series that was VERY loosely based on it (used same names and world, that's about it)

Jim Butcher - Dresden files are fucking fantastic, read them all 2 or 3 times. Also his Codex of Aleria is great.

Patrick Rothfuss - King Killer books

Lots more...too lazy to look at my library tho =p

[Sirken]

Steven Brust. i love his "Vlad Taltos" series as well as the "To Reign in Hell" book

[indiscriminate_hater]

Have definitely read all of Salvatore's Drizzt stories, minus the most recent trilogy. The Cleric Quintet is pretty awesome, too. Anything written in Faerun is entertaining - war of the spider queen, etc.

Thanks for the suggestions. I remember my first fantasy book - The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks. Pretty cheesy by today's standards (hell even the standards when it was written) but damn if it didn't spawn a good habit.

[Dalven]

A second for J.V Jones here. Also check out Robin Hobb and Joe Abercrombie. Terry Pratchett if parodies/satire is your thing. I used to recommend Steven Erikson but he fucks up his timeline so bad by book 8 it ruins it and half the storylines are finished by another authors 5 book series, if at all. It's a shame because the first 5 are top drawer fantasy.

[Grizzled]

Pierce Anthony

http://www.hipiers.com/bibliography.html

Not a pure fantasy author. the Xanth series is fantasy, I didnt really get into it that much.

But the "Incarnations of Immortality" series is the cats meow. People assume the aspects of death, fate time,war, etc. its modern setting with fantasy/scifi twist.

Not to be outdone by "Dragons Gold" series. Modern guy find way into a fantasy dimension. As the story develops the worlds collide even further. Very good series if you are into scifi/fantasy.

Me personally never enjoyed pure fantasy for reading. For me its too much in a box. I guess id rather game it than read it. Twisting into the scifi/modern realm are awesome reads for me.

[xKoopa]

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

Who are some of the outstanding fantasy authors out there? My current favorites are George RRM, Brandon Sanderson, and Patrick Rothfuss. I'm interested in finding some of the lesser-known authors that still kick ass. Any recommendations?

brandon sanderson is by far the best fantasy author out, and probly one of the GOATs. comes out with tons of original stories at a ridiculous pace, and his cosmere will probably be the best fantasy series ever written. i think hes averaging about a year per book on the stormlight archive, along with mistborn novels and the reckoners series, as well as various novellas.

name of the wind is a pretty solid series, but patrick rothfuss hasnt really come out with anything else afaik. hes also taking quite some time with book 3. i think estimated release date is mid 2016 or something like that

ASOIAF is obviously good, although im not a fan of his writing pace.. dude writes like a snail

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by citizen1080 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Steven King - wut? I don't like anything he has written except his Dark Tower series. And it may well be the best story I have ever read.

Nice, a Dark Tower fan. Definitely have to agree with this one. They're amazing novels.