Your favourite fantasy author?

[Mr Cairo]

I do think the Elenium is the best thing they did though.

I didnt really get along with the Elenium but they also did a book called the Redemption of Althalus and that I do recall enjoying very much.

 

[Montero]

I never have one favourite. At present I'd say it is neck and neck between Victoria Goddard, T Kingfisher and Lois McMaster Bujold, with Kim Watts in a close second place.

 

[AE35Unit]

I've not read a lot of fantasy (hope to put that right!) but so far its a toss between Tolkien and Eddings

 

[AlinaRin]

My favorite author is Mark Lawrence
And his shattered empire series is the best sci-fi I've ever read.
George Martin is also good, but he is too boring and has a rather unpleasant style. TV series from HBO were better)

 

[chongjasmine]

My favorite author is Mark Lawrence
And his shattered empire series is the best sci-fi I've ever read.
George Martin is also good, but he is too boring and has a rather unpleasant style. TV series from HBO were better)

I don't really like Martin. His works are too dark for me.

 

[otaylor]

Like @Teresa Edgerton 's post, more than specific authors there are books that have really stayed with me. Sometimes if I read a lot more by the author then for some reason their style dominates over the magic of the original book or series that drew me in, and I can fall out of love with it. Also I find what I appreciate has changed a lot as I've got older.
So my young self adored Tolkien, Terry Brooks and David Eddings; then later Robert Jordan and Robin Hobb.
My older self would probably list China Mieville and Niel Gaiman as among my favourites, and I recently went back to Robin Hobb.
I haven't noticed anyone mention J V Jones - I remember loving the Sword of Shadows books, but I don't think I finished them because she was still writing them when I got sucked into academic reading.

 

[BAYLOR]

Like @Teresa Edgerton 's post, more than specific authors there are books that have really stayed with me. Sometimes if I read a lot more by the author then for some reason their style dominates over the magic of the original book or series that drew me in, and I can fall out of love with it. Also I find what I appreciate has changed a lot as I've got older.
So my young self adored Tolkien, Terry Brooks and David Eddings; then later Robert Jordan and Robin Hobb.
My older self would probably list China Mieville and Niel Gaiman as among my favourites, and I recently went back to Robin Hobb.
I haven't noticed anyone mention J V Jones - I remember loving the Sword of Shadows books, but I don't think I finished them because she was still writing them when I got sucked into academic reading.

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Mythago Woods by Robert Holdstock . Its the first book in the Ryhope wood saga.
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart a fantasy novel set in ancient China .

 

[BAYLOR]

I've not read a lot of fantasy (hope to put that right!) but so far its a toss between Tolkien and Eddings

Or you could split the difference and read Raymond E Feist .

 

[AE35Unit]

Or you could split the difference and read Raymond E Feist .

Not discovered him yet. The problem with fantasy is they don't come singly!

 

[BAYLOR]

Not discovered him yet. The problem with fantasy is they don't come singly!

Feist's Rift War series is quite good and, fun to read. Its got everything.

I alose reckoned his standalone novel Faerie Tale.

 

[CupofJoe]

Not true fantasy, but I did enjoy SM Stirling's The Peshawar Lancers. Set in 2025 it is an alt-steampunk future where the British Empire had to re-centre itself in India.

 

[Heather Myst]

My favorites are:

George R.R. Martin
Joe Abercrombie

 

[Pyan]

Not true fantasy, but I did enjoy SM Stirling's The Peshawar Lancers. Set in 2025 it is an alt-steampunk future where the British Empire had to re-centre itself in India.

If you enjoyed that, I'd thoroughly recommend Robin McKinley's two Damar novels The Blue Sword and its prequel, The Hero and the Crown.
More fantasy than the Lancers, set on another planet, but again colonised by an alternative Victorian British Empire.

 

[BAYLOR]

Not true fantasy, but I did enjoy SM Stirling's The Peshawar Lancers. Set in 2025 it is an alt-steampunk future where the British Empire had to re-centre itself in India.

Yes an excellent book. ! , and I wished he'd write sequel to it !

 

[KiraAnn]

Yes an excellent book. ! , and I wished he'd write sequel to it !

He left that for you to do!

 

[Astro Pen]

I am quite fond of The Jewels of Aptor Samuel R. Delaney which I think counts as fantasy.

 

[AE35Unit]

I am quite fond of The Jewels of Aptor Samuel R. Delaney which I think counts as fantasy.

The only Delaney I've read. Not a keeper

 

[BAYLOR]

The only Delaney I've read. Not a keeper

Babel 17
Nova
Triton

all good reads by Delany

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[AE35Unit]

Babel 17
Nova
Triton

all good reads by Delany

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I'll take your word for it

 

[Chris von shannow]

David Gemmell