I used to have that cover of The Broken Sword as a poster. As a complete, short novel it is to me the perfect fantasy for the West. Not that it's better overall than Tolkien, just that it encompasses everything that makes fantasy great. The authors left off the list say just as much as the mediocrities they put on the list.
Not surprised but what a stupid list. Most of current fantasy is awful.
Thanks for going over this. Now I can search the missing author list for some nice reading.
Leigh Bardugo wrote Six of Crows. It's reasonable to include her.
Other great writers:
*For the "how could they miss this?"
Joan Aiken
*Lloyd Alexander
Jim Butcher
5)5)5Larry Correia
Charles DeLint
Diane Duane
Alan Garner
Nicholas Stewart Grey
Maria Gripe
Tove Jannson
*Andre Norton
John C. Wroght
*Wright
Neil Gaiman was on the panel and Tanith Lee was excluded from the list. Ouch! Another twist of the knife.
THE BROKEN SWORD is awesome and one of my favorite books.
No Robert E. Howard?
Are you kidding?
That is a capital offense as far as I'm concerned.
Retarded list is retarded.
I used to have that cover of The Broken Sword as a poster. As a complete, short novel it is to me the perfect fantasy for the West. Not that it's better overall than Tolkien, just that it encompasses everything that makes fantasy great. The authors left off the list say just as much as the mediocrities they put on the list.
ERB
Jules Verne
HG Wells
Arthur Conan Doyle
Moorcock
The list is really pretty myopic and self serving. I could come up with a better list from the books in my "hope to read before I die pile" right now.
Poul Anderson's High Crusade might be my favorite fantasy sword and sci-fi.