TIME's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

[MNblockhead]

Okay for those of you who think Name of the Wind doesn't deserve to be on this list or will fall off the list in the future, what would you recommend that I read which is better.

Name of the Wind is among my top favorite fantasy books and one of the best books I've read in past few years. It is one of the few fantasy books that I frequently recommend to people who otherwise discount the genre. It is beautifully written.

The Wise Mans Fear was not on the same level, but I still enjoyed it.

Slow Regard of Silent Things... I read maybe a quarter of the book before putting it down and not picking it up again.

Anyway, I'll look over this list to find books to add to my to-read list.

 

[Ulfgeir]

Well, I can agree that Feist should be there, but definitively not Eddings. And I am sceptical of Brooks as well.

I would add Jim Butcher to the list.

 

[Imaculata]

I am delighted to see Roald Dahl on that list.

 

[Davies]

No Eddings, Feist, Katherine Kerr, Terry Brooks either.

I like three of those authors (haven't read Feist) but I still wouldn't put any of their works in my list of the best 100 fantasy novels.

 

[Imaculata]

The only Feist book I've ever read is Magician (probably one of his most notable books), and I thought it was awful.

 

[MarkB]

One that I'd have liked to see on the list is Lois McMaster Bujold's The Curse of Chalion.

 

[Mercurius]

This is a good and thorough critique of the problems with the list:

Out of Time, or Why is the "100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time" list so incoherent?

A publication has unveiled a list called “ The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time .” Predictably, it has been published to howls of complain...

thewertzone.blogspot.com

 

[Mercurius]

Okay for those of you who think Name of the Wind doesn't deserve to be on this list or will fall off the list in the future, what would you recommend that I read which is better.

Name of the Wind is among my top favorite fantasy books and one of the best books I've read in past few years. It is one of the few fantasy books that I frequently recommend to people who otherwise discount the genre. It is beautifully written.

The Wise Mans Fear was not on the same level, but I still enjoyed it.

Slow Regard of Silent Things... I read maybe a quarter of the book before putting it down and not picking it up again.

Anyway, I'll look over this list to find books to add to my to-read list.

Did you see this?

'Kingkiller Chronicle' Editor Believes Author Hasn't Written in Years

The editor of the "Kingkiller Chronicle" series recently shared her belief that author Patrick Rothfuss hasn't made much progress on Book 3, "The Doors of Stone," in recent years.

www.newsweek.com

 

[TwoSix]

Did you see this?

'Kingkiller Chronicle' Editor Believes Author Hasn't Written in Years

The editor of the "Kingkiller Chronicle" series recently shared her belief that author Patrick Rothfuss hasn't made much progress on Book 3, "The Doors of Stone," in recent years.

www.newsweek.com

I'd put the odds we'll ever see Doors of Stone at maybe 20%. And even if we do, every plot point or decision made in the book someone doesn't like is going to carry the undercurrent of "Well, he never really knew what to do with this book, and he had to put out something, so that's why this is like this." The ideal of what Doors of Stone could have been if written by a hungry, inspired Rothfuss is going to be one of the great "what-ifs" of fantasy fiction.

 

[Deset Gled]

The distinction between Fantasy & Science Fiction has always been a little wibbly-wobbly. L'Engle's stuff is definitely far more fantastical than sci-fi, honestly.

[Minor spoilers] A Wrinkle in Time is about a girl whose scientist father disappears when an experiment goes wrong. Three aliens come and take her to explore new planets and cultures so she can train to save her father. She learns to travel through space by controlling the technology in her father's experiment, and saves her dad and brother from a planet that's a remake of 1984. Doesn't get much more sci-fi than that.

'Kingkiller Chronicle' Editor Believes Author Hasn't Written in Years

The editor of the "Kingkiller Chronicle" series recently shared her belief that author Patrick Rothfuss hasn't made much progress on Book 3, "The Doors of Stone," in recent years.

www.newsweek.com

One of the reasons I still haven't read The Name of the Wind is that I find it hard to start a trilogy before the last book is published. Stuff like this is exactly why I don't do that (often).