Ah, dare I say Lord of the Rings? (there's currently a readthrough led by kate_nepveuover at Tor.com that makes me all freshly excited. There can never be enough in-depth character discussions on Aragorn! <3 sigh~.)
Apart from that, off the top of my head -- favourites include Ursula K. LeGuin, Barry Hughart, China Miéville, Tad Williams and Steven Brust. (but to be honest, I'm a super-lazy reader! it's kinda anathema to say this in a book community, though, isn't it?)
(Also, why are there hardly no female authors in this list? DD: sad.)
(since a few people mentioned him here: David Eddings, hee! I started out with straight-laced fantasy à la David Eddings and loved the Elenium saga to tiny bits!... but sadly, these days, straight-laced non-ironic medieval fantasy makes me want to spork my eyes out. I'm wishing you all the fun in the world with it! but overdose can do that to a person. >_>;)
Currently, I'm reading the Doctrine of Labyrinths series by Sarah Monette and am (pleasantly) surprised that it's so openly and clearly slashy (as in, reads like actual slash! how interesting.) Have just ordered book three of four.
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Date: 2009-04-14 09:12 pm (UTC)Apart from that, off the top of my head -- favourites include Ursula K. LeGuin, Barry Hughart, China Miéville, Tad Williams and Steven Brust. (but to be honest, I'm a super-lazy reader! it's kinda anathema to say this in a book community, though, isn't it?)
(Also, why are there hardly no female authors in this list? DD: sad.)
(since a few people mentioned him here: David Eddings, hee! I started out with straight-laced fantasy à la David Eddings and loved the Elenium saga to tiny bits!... but sadly, these days, straight-laced non-ironic medieval fantasy makes me want to spork my eyes out. I'm wishing you all the fun in the world with it! but overdose can do that to a person. >_>;)
Currently, I'm reading the Doctrine of Labyrinths series by Sarah Monette and am (pleasantly) surprised that it's so openly and clearly slashy (as in, reads like actual slash! how interesting.) Have just ordered book three of four.