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Originally Posted by Molecules
Fantasy is kind of overwhelming... there are so many popular authors with their own canon and mythos going on. Never finished David Edding's 'Pawn of Prophecy' or 'Magician'. Can't remember who wrote that. I mean does it begin and end with LOTR or do I deserve a belting for saying that? Actually this looks really cool
I'm reading Dracula. |
I find David Eddings a little convoluted sometimes. I like a lot of Fantasy that borrows into the whole Arthur mythology without romanticising it. The aforementioned cycle weaves Atlantis into the mix whilst remaining resolutely gritty. By far the best take I have read on the Arthurian stories is Bernard Cornwells Arthur books which are as accurately historically correct regarding practices, languages and socio-politics as it possibly could be. My favourite fantasy author by far is David Gemmell. His books are simplistic heroic tales that are imbued with a constant questioning of human nature and it's actions.