[POLL] THE KING OF FANATSY

Poll

Who is the King of Fantasy? - Results

Robert Jordan
0
0%
Terry Goodkind
0
0%
George R.R. Martin
3
13%
J.R.R. Tolkien
8
34%
David Eddings
2
8%
Brandon Sanderson
0
0%
R.A. Salvatore
2
8%
Terry Pratchette
3
13%
Robin Hobb
1
4%
J.K Rowling
3
13%
Elizabeth Haydon
1
4%
Steve Erikson
0
0%

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SunflowerGames
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13323
09/13/2013 04:39 AM

Who is the best fantasy author of them all?

I tried to include a lot of different choices here, most of who I have read. If your a fan of this genre you have probably read at least one or two of these authors. (There are many authors out there, I didn't include some based on my perception about their writing. The authors I added that I haven't read were added based on some research into the topic.)
papasan96
1021
09/13/2013 05:03 AM
Is Terry Pratchette the French cousin of Terry Pratchet? ^_-
Liberty
RTP Princess
24266
09/13/2013 05:48 AM
I chose David Eddings because, though I love JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien and Jordan... Eddings writes some of my favourite characters and stories that I can read over and over again without being bored.

Also, kudos to this for giving me more names to look up. ^.^

And here's some more for those who like a good Fantasy read: Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Trudi Canavan, Isobelle Carmody, David Farland, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Roger Zelazny, Lynn Flewelling, Steve Jackson/Ian Livingstone, Tamora Pierce, Phillip Pullman, Jonathan Stroud and Brandon Sanderson.
DFalcon
2141
09/13/2013 06:04 AM
author=papasan96
Is Terry Pratchette the French cousin of Terry Pratchet? ^_-

Who is the French cousin of Terry Pratchett?
Dyhalto
7536
09/13/2013 05:43 PM
Guy Gavriel Kay's work always had the most lasting impact on me.
But as far as this poll goes, Robin Hobb.

Also, fuck Goodkind >.>
Shinan
4314
09/14/2013 09:05 AM
I don't know about them kings. What does that really mean? Is it some of the defining authors within the genre? Then obviously Tolkien is one king since he created a whole subgenre of fantasy. And most of the other guys listed are direct descendants of Tolkien's style.

But there's also some other authors I would like to list that were very defining within the fantasy genre. I mean guys like Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock or Fritz Leiber are the kings of a kind of fantasy that is not at all the Tolkieneque crap.

Of course I am partial to urban fantasy and new weird and stuff... So I can't ever go without recommending a China Miéville or two...

But yeah I guess Tolkien is the king of tolkienesque fantasy.
Addit
6394
09/14/2013 12:21 PM
I’ve never heard of half of these guys (which is probably due to the fact that I don’t really read a lot of books).

So I vote good ol’ J.R..
– Because his movies are awesome!

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(What?)
zacheatscrackers
~snores~
1724
09/14/2013 06:41 PM
David Eddings.

That guy is my nigga.

Though J.K. Row's pretty cool, too.
Zeero
17
09/22/2013 12:07 AM
Its pretty simple: Robert Anthony Salvatore. His Forgotten Realms books are just awesome, I read all of them (not even mentioning that you can get the main hero's gear in Baldur's Gate 2 PC game :> ).
SunflowerGames
The most beautiful user on RMN!
13323
09/22/2013 01:24 AM

I have pluses and minuses on a lot of these author's works
(the ones I have read.)

Robert Jordan was really good at world building and
crafted a really good magic system. Though some of
his characters seem carbon copies of each other
and they don't act like adults. And his mid to late
books lose traction.

Terry Goodkind has a lot of similarities to Jordan,
but is good at building his main character up.
Though I find that he attacks communism too much in his later
books and spends book 7 entirely on a new character.
And Richard is too perfect.

George R.R Martin. Just started reading him. Seems to
have a strong sense of character. But might be a little hyped
due to the HBO series on TV.

J.R.R. Tolkien is the father of this genre. While his ideas are
impressive his books are too childish and are surpassed by
more adult work.

David Eddings focuses too much on his character and their
relationships with each other. I found they just spend chapters
arguing with each other and not really progressing the story.

Brandon Sanderson has done a great job at finishing the Wheel
of time. His mistborn series is decent, but needs more refinement.

R.A. Salvatore is really good at writing action sequences and has
developed one very good character. All his books are too similar though.
It's like I'm reading the same thing over again but with different stuff
going on.

J.K. Rowling is a children's writer. The books were definitely better than the
movies. But still not adult enough for me.

Elizabeth Haydon is one of the less known authors on this list, but to date my favourite. This is the only time I have really liked a female protagonist. Her foreshadowing and the way she connects things in her books is superb. I have never found an author who has so strongly built up their mythology and time sequencing as she has.

Terry Prachette, Robin Hobb, and Steve Erickson
Sorry haven't read your work yet.

L.E. Modsitte Jr., David Farland, Sara Douglass, and Christopher Paolini
are some other authors I have read, but not included because
I didn't find their works good enough.
janussenpre
愛・おぼえていますか
1274
09/22/2013 01:45 AM
No Terry Brooks!?
Isrieri
"My father told me this would happen."
6155
09/23/2013 05:10 AM
I vote for Ursala K. Le Guin.
kentona
Bunnyhug
21027
09/23/2013 02:15 PM
author=janussenpre
No Terry Brooks!?
Shinan
4314
09/23/2013 04:32 PM
Terry Brooks made his name by doing a search and replace on The Lord of the Rings, he doesn't belong in any list like this. (though I'd argue that more than one of the authors in this poll don't belong in a list of kings of fanatsy)
kentona
Bunnyhug
21027
09/24/2013 01:43 AM
No no no, you got it all wrong. it was search and replace on The Hobbit. c'mon man!
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