Favorite Epic Fantasy Authors

[TheSparrow]

Originally Posted by GARUD

Eddings' first works were some of his best in my opinion, but both the Belgariad and the Mallorean were great series. The Ellenian and Tamuli, not so much, but were entertaining none-the-less.

I'm gonna say, after having read 'The Rivan Codex', that is because his work tends to run formulaic. He studied Medieval Romance, which he claims is the basis for epic fantasy, and it seems like he feels he has figured out exactly how it is to be done. It makes for a great story, but its the same story over and over, with the same characters, and the same personalities.

I really noticed this when I started reading The Dreamers, and certain characters talked in certain manners and i find myself thinking of a character from The Belgariad.

As he said in The Rivan Codex "I put so many literary hooks in the Belgariad, that if you read the first hundred pages, 'I got ya'"