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Well, A Song of Ice and Fire is IMHO the absolute class of the epic fantasy genre, but in regards to what your looking for you make want to give Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar works a try.

An excellent start to an epic fantasy (one of the best available currently in that sub-genre IMHO), I actually think the second book The Warrior Prophet was better. The third book The ThousandFold Thought comes out in January, a book I'm heavily anticipating.

I think his best work is Blades of Tyshalle. I don't think highly of Feist so it wouldn't mean much if I said he was more capable then Feist. Karl Edward Wagner's Kane work is classic dar, dword/sorcery with lots of battle, David Gemmell is incredibly formulaic and repetitive, but there is...

Besides I completely diasgree with you on every point you make, that's just a matter of sujective opinion, and we are of course all welcome to them, I do want to ask about this: What more of a conclusion did you want?

Try work by these authors: China Mieville Michael Moorcock (and I dont mean just his Elric stuff which he considered necessary projects to fund his more literary works) Mervyn Peake M. John Harrison Jonathan Carroll Zoran Zivkovic Edward Whitemore Neal Stephenson Jeff VanderMeer...

I think John Clute is the most outstanding and reputable reviewer in SF/F (he is the force behind the Fantasy/SF/and Horor encyclopedias). He is probably the most respected.

The Jerusalem Quartet - Edward Whittemore Gormenghast - Mervyn Peake The Cornelius Quartet - Michael Moorcock Viriconium sequence - M. John Harrison Pyatt Quartet - Micahel Moorcock(thus far not finished, as Vengeance of Rome comrs out next year) Dune - Frank Heebert The First Chronicles...

She is widely known, and widely criticized (not as of anyone of import, but in a joking manner by most reviewers I know in the SF/F community). I'm not going to knock anyone for getting ARC's , because I do as well from numerous publishers/authors, but I don't trust anyone who gives Robert...

No. It's a collaboration by Gaiman and Dave Mckean, although there are books about it like MirrorMask: The Illustrated Film Script of the Motion Picture from The Jim Henson Company

I never read a book that scared me, however, Ian Bank's Wasp Factory is pretty intriguing/eye-opening.

If you like Jordan you prefer his superiors in epic fantasy like the aformentioned George R.R. Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire, a plamned 7 book series that includes thus far : A Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings A Storm of Swords A Feast for Crows (coming out later this year)...

On a side note, I'm very interested in seeing his Mirrormask movie.

Welcome Mr. Mallard - but wait the exact same post is here as well, apperently not only is it a cyber-thriller it has merit in a thread for a fan obviously looking for epic fantasy.

There are too many authros to even mane, here are just some: as Mentioned before Philip K. Dick and: Ray Bradbury Aldous Huxley Robert Silverberg Ursula Leguin Geoff Ryman Justina Robson JG Ballard George Orwell Jack London's Iron Heel Jonathan Lethmen Jeffrey Thomas

QUOTE]is it so bad? Yes. Everyone has their own opinion, It takess a lot of effort not because of any intricate plotline, but due to Jordan's pedestrian talent as a writer. He simply has no diea yet how to write female chaarcters yet features them at many points, while he takes...

One of the most improtant genre novels to be written in a decade, and my favorite author currently. Perdido Street Station IMHO, is a legiitmate genre masterpieces. The prose is only matched by the likse of Peake and Wolfe.

It's not necessary to read The Farseer Trilogy first but it is recommended as there are some references that are applicable when reading them in order: The Farseer Trilogy Liveship Traders Trilogy Tawnyman Trilogy Tawnyman shouldn't read tuntil reading Farseer - it is simplytbest...

Without question, Matthew Stover - nobody is close right now.

Viriconium - M. John Harrison Gormenghast - Mervyn Peake (incredible castle setting) Ambergis - Jeff VanderMeer New Crobuzon - China Mieville Westeros - George R.R. Martin Mirenberg - Michael Moorcock Malazan- Steven Erikson

No, doubt :) BTW I'm sending you the interview questions sometime next week if your still interested.