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The three fantasy authors by aethucyn (4.00 / 1) #8 Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 02:26:29 PM EST

that I continue to read are Katharine Kerr, Katherine Kurtz and Steven Brust. I'm not claiming that they're the best, just that I haven't really picked up anything by a new author since 1995. These were just the three who continued to hold my interest enough that I'd keep picking up their new books as they came out. Kurtz is actually getting closer and closer to dropping off the list as she seems to just be filling in stories that we already know more or less. Brust, though, continues to get better. Terry Brooks had the most spectacular removal from my list, as in 2001, I got about 2 pages into his newest book, before I threw it against the wall because the prose was just so bad.

Brust by ucblockhead (2.00 / 0) #13 Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 03:35:40 PM EST

I was disappointed in his latest book, though it was still miles better than the usual crap.
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I haven't yet read by aethucyn (2.00 / 0) #14 Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 03:44:29 PM EST

the one that just came out. (Dzur?) I'll also admit that I preferred The Phoenix Guard and Five Hundred Years After to Viscount. I appreciate what he was trying to do with it, in the extent that it corresponds to Dumas' Musketeers series where the final three-parter also expands focus to cover much more than just the titular heroes, but then, the first books in Dumas' series were better as well.

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: Yeah by ucblockhead (2.00 / 0) #16 Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 04:06:35 PM EST

I pretty much agree with that assessment.
Dzur returns Vlad to his old haunts and seems a bit...I dunno...by the numbers...
Still a good read, of course.
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