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favourite fantasy author?

Poll: favourite fantasy author? (171 member(s) have cast votes)

Which of these authors do you rank highest?

David Gemmel (9 votes [5.26%])
Percentage of vote: 5.26%
Stephen Donaldson (11 votes [6.43%])
Percentage of vote: 6.43%
J R R Tolkein (39 votes [22.81%])
Percentage of vote: 22.81%
Robert Jordan (12 votes [7.02%])
Percentage of vote: 7.02%
Tad Williams (1 votes [0.58%])
Percentage of vote: 0.58%
Scott Lynch (6 votes [3.51%])
Percentage of vote: 3.51%
Scott Bakker (4 votes [2.34%])
Percentage of vote: 2.34%
Gene Wolfe (4 votes [2.34%])
Percentage of vote: 2.34%
Raymond Feist (6 votes [3.51%])
Percentage of vote: 3.51%
James Barclay (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
Joe Abercomie (3 votes [1.75%])
Percentage of vote: 1.75%
George RR Martin (53 votes [30.99%])
Percentage of vote: 30.99%
Jim Butcher (12 votes [7.02%])
Percentage of vote: 7.02%
Robin Hobb (2 votes [1.17%])
Percentage of vote: 1.17%
Terry Prattchett (9 votes [5.26%])
Percentage of vote: 5.26%

Though really Steven Erikson is my favourite

Yes (137 votes [80.12%])
Percentage of vote: 80.12%
No (34 votes [19.88%])
Percentage of vote: 19.88%

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#41 knight of shadows

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Posted 14 March 2010 - 03:04 AM

Gothos, on 18 July 2009 - 05:33 PM, said:

where the hell is my Glen Cook option????

failing that, I'll have to go with Martin.
and Yes.

I really have to agree I was surprised not to see Cook on the list
For me its a close between grrm and cook

#42 Tool

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 08:34 AM

Steven Erikson is definitely my favorite as i have found his series to be so much more complex, and encompasses so many different plotlines then any other fantasy series i have read. I am not familiar with alot of the authors listed in this poll so i may be a little biased, but my second is close between Tolkien and Martin, but Tolkien gets the edge as he is was the first to truly master epic fantasy IMHO.

#43 Grayghost

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Posted 01 April 2010 - 08:47 AM

Wow...so many authors, and not too many that I liked or even read. Of the ones listed that I have...

Tolkien...what else needs be said.
Pratchett...okay.
Donaldson...okay.

Wolfe...good. Feist...very good. To the rest...haven't read.

Authors not mentioned that I liked a great deal.

Michael Morcock, Glen Cook, David Drake, Robert Adams, Roger Zelazney, Lawarence Watt-Evens, Steven Brust, Eric Van Lustbader, CJ Cherryh, and Fritz Leiber just to name a few. Posted Image