Calibandar Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Of the women writing in this genre, whose work appeals the most to you? Currently I have two favourites, Robin Hobb and JV Jones. How would you rank others? Other writers I've read were McKillip ( disappointed by Book of Atrix Wolfe but still hope that RiddleMaster and Ombria in shadow will be as good as people say it is), Kate Elliott and Janny Wurts ( seriously disliked both because of the prose style). An author I'm thinking of trying is Lois Bujold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMountainGoat Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Robin Hobb without question. I could not even make it through the first J V Jones book without wishing all the characters would just ride off a cliff and die. Very obvous cliched fantasy, did not like that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGuy Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I could not even make it through the first J V Jones book without wishing all the characters would just ride off a cliff and die. Very obvous cliched fantasy, did not like that at all. There's a world of difference between Jones's first series and her second. I'd have to go with her or Hobb. That said, I enjoyed Elliot's Jaran series. I've never tried anything else she's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Hobb annoys me; Fitz was a whiny little shit and Regal was a petty cliche of a villain. I'm voting for two great short-story writers, Kelly Link and Margo Lanagan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainFireBob Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Hambly is enjoyable. Personally, I enjoy Wurts, but as a vote for "best", I'd go Mary Stewart, but how long since she's published? Of "current" authors, I enjoy Ann Marston- formulaic, but elegant, yet not over-frilled prose, and that's a fine line to walk. I've also enjoyed Fiona Paxton as a guilty pleasure, but again, I don't know if she's still working in the genre. If you don't mind a bit of over-fixation on interpersonal, Weiss has done some decent work- Raistlin is hers, and say what you will of the Dragonlance books, he's a really well-done character- the villain that both is and isn't. Rather, the heroic villain. That's always refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 Personally, I enjoy Wurts, but as a vote for "best", I'd go Mary Stewart, but how long since she's published? I'd forgotten Stewart's magnificent Merlin trilogy because I hadn't counted it as Fantasy. But it's a phenomenal series and if included here, I would rank along Hobb as the best one. As for Jones, I was definitly talking about her second series, Sword of Shadows, the third volume of which ( due in December next year!) I anxiously await. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildor Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Ursulla le Guinn for the Left hand of Darkness and Earthsea plus Mckillips Riddlemaster trilogy (only read two thirds though) and The Forgotten Beasts of Eld. amazing. J.V.Jones and Hobb are all very impressive in their own way too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuoni Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Ursula Le Guin is of course head and shoulders above even most male fantasy writers, but Robin Hobb is my personal favourite. Didn't know she was a woman until I had read most of the Farseer trilogy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Ursula LeGuin. Who absolutely destroys Hobb, without question. One I really enjoy is Jennifer Roberson, but I'd hardly call her the best out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhelanArcetus Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I'll second Roberson, she's definitely quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfella Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Angela Carter Susanna Clarke J.K. Rowling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeye Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I like Hobb, I just wish her heroes weren't always so miserable. How does GRRM pull off the hero going through hardship but still coming out strong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 How does GRRM pull off the hero going through hardship but still coming out strong? Well, he doesn't make all of his heroes absolutely unlikeable and totally unsympathetic, for starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathis Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Susanna Clarke IMO. JS and Mr Norrell was excellent. Just read her collection of short stories but I wouldn't recomend them. They were patchy as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrael Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I like Hobb, I just wish her heroes weren't always so miserable. How does GRRM pull off the hero going through hardship but still coming out strong? Jon came out pretty strong, and Arya, and, and,....Littlefinger!! Humiliated by Brandon, rejected by Cat, scorned by all Westeros, and look at him now! :cool: As to Hobb, It feels like she dedicated herself to make her hero as pitiable as is humanly possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probably Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Lois McMaster Bujold blows Hobbs out of the water. J.V. Jones is good. Wurts--she has a serious problem with weeping men. Best fantasy writer--Hiromu Arakawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angalin Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Some LeGuin. Mary Stewart's Arthurian trilogy. Robin McKinley (Sunshine was brilliant). I could add Susan Cooper, JK Rowling, and some others, but many of those are aimed at the children/YA market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahimsa Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Some LeGuin. Mary Stewart's Arthurian trilogy. Robin McKinley (Sunshine was brilliant). I could add Susan Cooper, JK Rowling, and some others, but many of those are aimed at the children/YA market. I really liked Louise Cooper, and Sarah Ash's prose is decent. But my favorite pony-tailed femme has got to be that Terry Goodkind chick. She's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelo Rebelo Firqoralas Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Diana Wynne Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 A few... Le Guin Kelly Link Susanna Clarke Isabel Allende (yes, her books are of the Magic Realism strain of fantasy, so there! ) K.J. Bishop Caitlin Sweet And I could probably list a few others, but I'll stop there, although I'll add that Robin Hobb just doesn't appeal to me at all. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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