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Old 08-23-2014, 02:34 AM   #20519
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Originally Posted by Yapyap View Post
I'm still planning to give a good go and tackle some epic/high/non-urban fantasy I've heard a lot of good things about, also because I want to know what I'm missing.
One thing that helps me get into "classical" fantasy is some kind of a twist. Comedy works really well, as with Robert Asprin's "Myth" books, but so does the old "modern-day character sucked into a fantasy universe" trick - like Rick Cook's "Wiz" books or Joel Rosenberg's "Guardians of the Flame" saga (in which a role-playing group becomes their characters in the game world, and they never go home). Just as long as it's not the same old story - a carefully balanced party goes on Quest X, each character getting their specific moment to Save The Day (often by demonstrating or defying Stereotype Y), then they come home to Defeat The Evil One and restore peace to the realm. Man, that gets OLD.
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