Continued Appeal of High Fantasy?

[Queequeg]

As a friend of mine said once, "High fantasy is when people don't shit."  Lore or not, it is very hard to do properly so that the setting seems "real."  Too often it is repetitive regurgitation, the same things over and over that don't just seem to work.

This strikes me as largely accurate.  I never doubted that people shat in the Thief, universe for instance, and that is one of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy universes around.

Hell, I think I flashbombed and clubbed a few guards while making the effort.   

[Slargos]

I find Steven Erikson's "Malazan Book of the Fallen" to be a very fresh series while we're on the subject of originality.

[ulmont]

I find Steven Erikson's "Malazan Book of the Fallen" to be a very fresh series while we're on the subject of originality.

I like Erikson a lot, but it strikes me as the Black Company series from the viewpoint of the Taken.

[saskganesh]

I have already stated I am tired of elves and other tolkienesque/D&D races. any new fantasy game or book that involves those ... at this point ... will probably be ignored by me.

So you'll ignore one game every 3-5 years?

? there's more than one game a year published that features elves et al.

[Grallon]

I find Steven Erikson's "Malazan Book of the Fallen" to be a very fresh series while we're on the subject of originality.

He delights in deus Ex and hyperbole far too much.   




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