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Many later fantasy writers have either imitated Tolkien's work, or have written in reaction against it. One of the first was Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series of novels, starting in 1968, which used Tolkienian archetypes such as wizards, a disinherited prince, a magical ring, a quest, and dragons. A publishing rush followed.
Martin classified A Song of Ice and Fire as "epic fantasy", [1] and specifically named Tad Williams' high fantasy epic Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn as very influential for the writing of the series. [34] [85] One of his favorite authors is Jack Vance, [34] although Martin considered the series not particularly Vancean. [33]
Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series [33], [3] A Court of Thorns and Roses series [34] R. A. MacAvoy's Tea with the Black Dragon [4] George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series [32] Svetlana Martynchik's Labyrinths of Echo series (under the pseudonym Max Frei) Aleksandr Mazin's Fargal, the World of Ashshur series and The Dragon of ...
Based on Philip Pullman's epic trilogy, His Dark Materials tells the story of a young woman from another world who—while attempting to find her missing friend—uncovers a series of mysterious ...
Malazan Book of the Fallen / m ə ˈ l æ z ə n / [1] is a series of epic fantasy novels written by the Canadian author Steven Erikson.The series, published by Bantam Books in the U.K. and Tor Books in the U.S., consists of ten volumes, beginning with Gardens of the Moon (1999) and concluding with The Crippled God (2011).
High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy [1] defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot. [2] High fantasy is usually set in an alternative, fictional ("secondary") world , rather than the "real" or "primary" world. [ 2 ]
Evan Winter is a Canadian author of epic fantasy. [1] His first novel, The Rage of Dragons, was originally self-published in 2017. [2] In 2020, TIME named it one of the 100 best fantasy books of all time. [3]
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