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Originally Posted by HarryT
I like the "farmboy turning into legendary hero" type of book. That's why I so much enjoy David Eddings (all of whose books are basically the same story, endlessly recycled, but it's a good story!) and also Elizabeth Moon's "Paksenarrion" series.
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Hmm... I don't know any of the authors works you mention at the start except for Tolkien (I tend to remember books by title and not author).
I recently stumbled across
The Parsina Saga by Stephen Goldin--an epic Arabian Nights-style fantasy poking around the author self-promotions sub-forum a couple of weeks back. It definitely has spent the first book introducing the characters and setting them up for an epic quest. It does not take itself as seriously as Lord of the Rings though, it is a different style. One that I am finding enjoyable so far though.
It also has also definitely set up a common lower status person, an oral storyteller to become legendary as well. I am scrapping up my pennies to get the next book soon, as the first books leaves you off just as the quest is about to start.