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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef
I'd argue, more charitably, that it made "high fantasy" a viable genre, which allowed both good (and bad) authors to take it up as a vocation where they might not otherwise have been able.
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I think you are right.
In general, I don't care for high fantasy, Tolkien-alikes and that colors my perceptions. A good number of authors got right (or at least got published) by writing popular books that made many people happy. And I probably shouldn't slag that.