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Any good fantasy books out there?

>> No.7779837

The works of John Crowley are excellent, especially Little, Big.

>> No.7779838

John Wolfe and Gene Green

>> No.7779855

Has anyone here read Thiong'o's fantasy novel?

>> No.7779880

Wolfe and Tolkien.

>> No.7779882

Tolkien's writing wasn't *that* good, but he knew how to tell a story.

>> No.7779905

>>7779882
Not the other way around?

>> No.7779912

Nope

>> No.7779916

>>7779838
your a poopyhead

>> No.7779963

>>7779905
Definitely not. Tolkien's faux-medieval prose makes my eyes bleed. The only reason why he's considered one of the greatest is because of his worldbuilding and storytelling.

>> No.7779969

>>7779822
Ghormengast, Book of the New Sun and Silmarillion are my favourites.

>> No.7779985

>>7779838
delet this

>> No.7780041

>>7779822
The Painted Man, Peter V. Brett

>> No.7780042

>>7779963
>The only reason he's considered one of the best is his world-building and story telling
>the only reason
>story telling

I fell for it.

>> No.7780064

>>7779963

>Tolkien's faux-medieval prose makes my eyes bleed.

It's better than modern prose with shitty, short sentences.

>> No.7780154

>>7779963
It's absolutely nothing like medieval English

>> No.7781141

borges and barthelme