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Scott Laz

Posted 2013-06-11 4:49 PM (#5258)
Subject: Best Epic Fantasy Lists

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By way of Ian Sales’s blog, I found my way to these 50 Best Epic Fantasy lists:

Pornokitsch (Jared Shurnin): http://www.pornokitsch.com/2013/06/50-essential-epic-fantasies-part-1-to-1982.html and http://www.pornokitsch.com/2013/06/50-essential-epic-fantasies-part-2-1982-2013.html

Liz Bourke: http://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/epic-list-of-epicness/ and http://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/epic-list-of-epicness-part-ii-the-epicening/

Tansy Rayner Roberts: http://tansyrr.com/tansywp/epic-list-of-epicness-50-essential-epic-fantasies-part-i/ and http://tansyrr.com/tansywp/epic-list-of-epicness-50-essential-epic-fantasies-part-ii/

Justin Landon (Staffer’s Book Review): http://www.staffersbookreview.com/2013/06/50-essential-epic-fantasy.html and http://www.staffersbookreview.com/2013/06/50-essential-fantasy-part-two.html

And Sales’s response: http://iansales.com/2013/06/11/your-epic-fantasy-list-smells-of-elderberries/

Though it’s roots are in various mythological epics (which were not fantasy to those who wrote them), some of which are included on these lists, epic fantasy is really a post-Tolkien subgenre. In my Forays into Fantasy posts, I haven’t gotten past the pre-Tolkien era, so haven’t dealt with epic fantasy yet. The sheer volume of these series, and their length, makes it a daunting prospect!

Tim_Eagon

Posted 2013-06-11 7:54 PM (#5259 - in reply to #5258)
Subject: Re: Best Epic Fantasy Lists

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I love these idiosyncratic lists. Given that, I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Dante's The Divine Comedy.

DrNefario

Posted 2013-06-12 3:38 PM (#5263 - in reply to #5258)
Subject: Re: Best Epic Fantasy Lists

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I've mentioned elsewhere that I thought 50 was too many, leading to a bit too much peripheral material being included. But I do love a list. That's kind of why I'm on this site.