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Originally Posted by Lensfire  Mild amazement that no one's mentioned Andre Norton's Witch World sequence. Of course, it can be argued that these are SF rather than fantasy, but I still think they fit in this company. |
Hmmm. I could have sworn they had been... but I don't see a reference when searching either this or the original thread; so I'll add to your recommendation there. Though I'd say they fit that hybrid form "science fantasy" (about which we've had some debate around here
) in some ways, they do, as a series, fit more comfortably into the straight fantasy genre. Also, not all the books in the series are that good, though (considering the number of the things) a surprising amount of them are... and are often quite literate, old-fashioned story-telling with a solidity and thoughtfulness to them often lacking in the field, I find....