| Re: History in Fantasy
it really depends on the story; The Dark Elf Trilogy is an excellent example; So is Dune & so is Anne MacCaffrey's Pern series with the dragons. On the other hand, the dragonlance books were good as well; So is Gene Wolfe's style of writing which is decidedly different from all of the above & I like them all; So***in response to your question: if the story is good, who cares how much history or non history is involved in the story? |