View original postMalazan Book of the Fallen was very well received, and although aSoIaF is hilariously delayed, it's arguably the most popular epic fantasy since Tolkien.
My point is, if I'm reading almost no epic fantasy these days, it's partially because my own tastes shifted, but also partially because most of the series I was following are finished (WoT, HP, MBotF) or slowed to a glacial pace (aSoIaF, Rothfuss' and Lynch' series) - and apart from Sanderson, I don't see many new ones replacing them. Your examples underline that point, if anything.
How The Wheel of Time Made Me Hate Epic Fantasy, and How Mistborn Brought Me Back
- 26/09/2015 04:40:43 AM
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I think Jordan was a terrible writer, so the description of his prose is off.
- 26/09/2015 10:19:15 PM
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I've yet to read any non-WoT Sanderson.
- 26/09/2015 11:35:29 PM
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I'm not sure I agree with your prognosis of epic fantasy.
- 27/09/2015 12:34:16 AM
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How long ago are both of those?
- 27/09/2015 08:39:43 AM
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Why wouldn't you call Harry Potter epic?
- 02/10/2015 05:29:17 PM
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I personally agree with you, which is why I put quotes around "epic."
- 02/10/2015 09:17:23 PM
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YA didn't exist when I was the right age for so I guess I don't rewally think of it as a genre
- 05/10/2015 02:36:55 PM
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You should try Mistborn.....
- 27/09/2015 04:51:44 AM
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But are the surprises earned or arbitrary?
- 28/09/2015 02:07:55 AM
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I'd say the first Mistborn has a few twists that are excellent, without feeling cheap
- 05/10/2015 09:37:23 PM
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The discussion of bloat is ironic, considering the extraneous biography in the article
- 28/09/2015 01:52:39 AM
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