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Brys · 31st March 2006, 07:29 PM

Can you sticky this please? I'm not a mod of these forums.

Good idea Gollum to put the masterworks list in - it's the only series I know of which encompasses so many of the best in fantasy.

@Panamol Creed - Erikson's Malazan series is IMO the best epic fantasy being written at the moment - so I'd definitely suggest you read it. What I would say though is that you shouldn't expect it to be anything like Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. A lot of Martin fans have been disappointed with the Malazan series because it wasn't another ASOIAF - in setting and tone it's pretty different - both are dark, gritty, and excellent fantasy. But where ASOIAF's low magic, Malazan's high magic, where ASOIAF is personal, Malazan is epic etc.

31st March 2006, 07:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Brys Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 809	Re: Fantasy Recommendations for the Unenlightened 2 Can you sticky this please? I'm not a mod of these forums. Good idea Gollum to put the masterworks list in - it's the only series I know of which encompasses so many of the best in fantasy. @Panamol Creed - Erikson's Malazan series is IMO the best epic fantasy being written at the moment - so I'd definitely suggest you read it. What I would say though is that you shouldn't expect it to be anything like Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. A lot of Martin fans have been disappointed with the Malazan series because it wasn't another ASOIAF - in setting and tone it's pretty different - both are dark, gritty, and excellent fantasy. But where ASOIAF's low magic, Malazan's high magic, where ASOIAF is personal, Malazan is epic etc.