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Originally Posted by Owna
Well its actually just logic
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It is not logical at all
It is true, that Fantasy in a whole is in a much better shape than 20-50 years ago. But that has nothing to do with people "didn't have the same standards as ppl do now you know we know more stuff now and newer kind of thinking creativ and shit", but that it is a much more accepted and liked genre than before. Much more authors were raised reading fantasy and now writing it. Publishers search for Fantasy to publish. A fantasy-like children book has made millions of fans and money, the Lord of the Ring movies earned a fortune.
You will find much more great science-fiction books, that are older, than fantasy, because of the acceptance of it as "Literature".
So, the quantity of "good" fantasy books raises (of course the quantity of "bad" books also, but even comissioned books are often of a better quality now, maybe because of better editing and better authors, because of more money to earn).
But of course good fantasy books have been written before A Game of Thrones. First and foremost "The Lord of the Rings". If you haven't read it, do it! It is THE Book of the genre. In fact, one thing that is often critized about fantasy is the endless repetition of this books plot and structure.
I too like "modern" fantasy in general more, but there are excellent books out there, that were written before the 2000th.
You can't judge a single book by its publish date, even if "may" can say something about a genre/market/field in general, that never translates back to the single item.