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Originally Posted by troutman
Best fantasy series ever for my money:
http://www.sfsite.com/08a/bh229.htm
If you haven't been following Steven Erikson's Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, you've sadly been missing out on some of the best fantasy fiction being written today. With six out of a projected ten-volume series, each a hefty tome unto itself, I can see why you might consider this to be an imposing reading project. Don't let the sheer page count deter you; Erikson's prose rips along at full gallop -- his characters are delightful, his ideas and story concepts inspired, and his firm control of an unfathomably vast web of plot is nothing short of masterful. |
Yes, his books are great - probably a year's worth of reading for some people, but well worth the effort. If he can keep it up for the whole 10 books (and so far, he is keeping the quality up), it very well may be one of the finest achievements in fantasy for decades to come; the only thing comparable is GRR Martin's
Song of Ice & Fire series, but that is a notch below (although still very, very good).