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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 3367979" data-attributes="member: 3586">I have about 1,000 books in my library, mostly science fiction and fantasy, and mostly fantasy. I think most are post-LOTR (which is my contention, not D&D)Hmm. Zelazny's big fantasy work, the Amber Chronicles, were 1970-91, only two were published pre-74.Where I think the big difference is for fantasy works is in the following areas:* Length. Post-LotR gives some really big epic tales. Where Tolkien admitted, "The book is too short", others decided to out-do him. The Wheel of Time is the most obvious example of this.* Scale. World-building (with intricate details, foreshadowing and self-reference) becomes more detailed. Again, the Wheel of Time has this in spades, but see also Steven Erikson, Terry Goodkind, Stephen Donaldson, Stephen King...* Writing Style. This is an ever-changing medium. Read David Eddings, Lois McMaster Bujold and then Fritz Leiber and you get very different styles.Cheers!</blockquote>