Great Fantasy Authors

[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

[Manticmuse]

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Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

[Peekae]

Steven Erikson's Malazan series is pretty damn good.

first book is good but picks up more steam through the 2nd / 3rd

[Buellen]

As Lord bob said Raymond Feist magician series plus all the rest that followed.

Edit: found the book series by Piers anthony: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apprentice_Adept

Phillip Jose farmer has a lot of excellent books

Last i highly recommend the dragon riders of pern. I was 13, 14 year 1979, 1980 when i started reading The white dragon I had read the books out of order due to no knowing better. I was blown away with the imagery of human and dragons fighting the thread menace. Later a lot different books cam based around perm and the societies their.

[citizen1080]

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

As Lord bob said Raymond Feist magician series plus all the rest that followed.

Can remember the author name but books take place in future times rich people living on planet /moons in domes have serfs /slaves serve their whims. the serf/slaves can compete anualy in games to become citizen (rich people). One such slave /serf discover alternate dimension where everyone on the sic fi side has equal on the fantasy dimension. He has a unicorn fall in love with him and he make magic with music in the fantasy dimension.

Phillip Jose Pharmer (sp?) has a lot of excellent books

Last i highly recommend the dragon riders of pern. I was 13, 14 year 1979, 1980 when i started reading The white dragon I had read the books out of order due to no knowing better. I was blown away with the imagery of human and dragons fighting the thread menace. Later a lot different books cam based around perm and the societies their.

Forgot all about the Pern books. Great stuff

[srgraham69]

This is a pretty legit list I saved a while back.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comm...esults_thread/

[citizen1080]

Originally Posted by srgraham69 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is a pretty legit list I saved a while back.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comm...esults_thread/

That's a good list, i've read about half the series they listed there...and I can't say i agree with some of their rankings...but i'll be checking this before i pick my next series to read. Thanks!

[Buellen]

OH man totally forgot .

Guardians of the flam series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Flame

[Realanlon]

Heroes Die by Matthew Stover is possibly my favorite book of all time. Really interesting premise (the characters are "actors" sent to a parallel fantasy dimension to live out adventures that are recorded and experienced first-hand by those in the "real world"), brutal, gritty, full of action.

Hugely recommend The Acts of Caine series to anyone who loves dark fantasy.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/537...-acts-of-caine