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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3867060" data-attributes="member: 22779">Why the hell does new fantasy have to be anime or video games?&nbsp; Good grief there is some freaking EXCELLENT new fantasy coming out these days and I'm not even a fantasy genre fan.&nbsp; (I prefer SF myself)But, y'know what, I'll easily see your Vance or Lieber and raise with a China Mieville, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Tad Williams, or&nbsp; Steven Erikson.&nbsp; Holy crap, why should we keep retreading the same waters when there is SO MUCH great fantasy coming out today?We've done classic fantasy pretty much to death.&nbsp; It's done.&nbsp; It's been covered.&nbsp; Let's let some fresh air in please.&nbsp; At least a few authors that weren't dead before I was born.&nbsp; Jeez, get down to your local bookstore or better yet, library and check out the new fantasy out there.&nbsp; It's fuggin good.OTOH, the reprint market is doing fantastic business from what I've read.&nbsp; A lot of the older stuff is seeing the light of day again and that's great.&nbsp; It's great that everyone gets the chance to read this stuff, either for the first time, or again.&nbsp; But, writing off everything written after 1974 as being anime or video game is stupid and blind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3867060, member: 22779"] Why the hell does new fantasy have to be anime or video games? Good grief there is some freaking EXCELLENT new fantasy coming out these days and I'm not even a fantasy genre fan. (I prefer SF myself) But, y'know what, I'll easily see your Vance or Lieber and raise with a China Mieville, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Tad Williams, or Steven Erikson. Holy crap, why should we keep retreading the same waters when there is SO MUCH great fantasy coming out today? We've done classic fantasy pretty much to death. It's done. It's been covered. Let's let some fresh air in please. At least a few authors that weren't dead before I was born. Jeez, get down to your local bookstore or better yet, library and check out the new fantasy out there. It's fuggin good. OTOH, the reprint market is doing fantastic business from what I've read. A lot of the older stuff is seeing the light of day again and that's great. It's great that everyone gets the chance to read this stuff, either for the first time, or again. But, writing off everything written after 1974 as being anime or video game is stupid and blind. [/QUOTE]

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