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1. The Name of the Wind (Book #1) by Patrick Rothfuss -9.57 with ~44,000 Votes 2. A Game of Thrones (Book #1) by George R.R. Martin - 9.36 with ~142,000 Votes 3. The Fellowship of the Ring (Book #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien - 9.34 with ~500,000 Votes 4. The Way of Kings (Book #1) by Brandon Sanderson - 9.31 with ~12,000 Votes 5. The Lies of Locke Lamora (Book #1) by Scott Lynch - 9.19 with ~13,000 Votes 6. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - 9.18 with ~580,000 Votes The first book has a higher rating with less then half the votes of #2. So why have the rating when the rating does not correspond with the votes? And if you look at the others in the first 6, the rating is worthless. I know what the rating is, but this is a voted on list, not a rated list. Last edited by JSWolf; 04-28-2012 at 06:21 PM. |
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04-29-2012, 07:40 AM | #18 |
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I believe the list is compiled from user ratings on amazon, etc. 12,000 ratings still seems like a decent sample size, to me. Although Rothfuss would definitely not top my personal list.
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04-29-2012, 08:52 PM | #19 |
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Why not use Goodreads instead of Amazon? I believe there are more reviews on Goodreads.
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04-29-2012, 10:51 PM | #20 |
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Meh.
I wish the blog would have stated its methodology (the one at the bottom of the page is insufficient) and its sources. |
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This is a great place to gather new authors for me to read. I have just begun with fantasy and this is really going to be a handy place for me to hang out when I am not reading!! Thanks
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Epic fantasy list
Yours is a good list - it doesn't begin with Lord of the Rings - and I'm sure you've read or heard about Raven's Shadow (Book #1) by Anthony Ryan. Why haven't you included this in the list? Though Ryan is a relatively new author, this first book is call-in-sick good. If you haven't read this, maybe you should wait til Book 2 is out (maybe by January 2013), so that you don't have to keep rereading Book 1.
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09-25-2012, 07:57 AM | #23 |
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Historically myopic.
Poul Anderson's _The Broken Sword_ has to be on any such list, and you have to have Lord Dunsany and William Morris and a number of other historical authors for it to be meaningful. Title the list, ``50 contemporary best-selling / popular books which are more or less fantasy and including a lot of Extruded Fantasy Product (EFP) and are highly rated on Amazon.com'' and it would at least be accurately described. |
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what a lame list
are you an agent? hate series with a passion. New authors coming up with "book 1 from new series that nobody cares" |
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There's nothing as enjoyable as investing the time reading four or five huge books by an author before discovering that they're really only good at avoiding having to write an ending. |
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His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. The first book is The Golden Compass (or Northern Lights if you're in the UK).
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09-29-2012, 08:24 AM | #27 |
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Currently most popular is not equal to the best. I don't like this list, or any other similar ones constructed this way.
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09-29-2012, 09:19 AM | #28 |
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Same here. The list title ought to be "Some Good Fantasy Books Released the Last Few Years and One or Two Older Ones Chucked in For Good Measure".
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Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander is a must for any "best of Fantasy" list.
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10-03-2012, 03:19 AM | #30 |
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Lord Fouls Bane By Stephen R Donaldson .. to me the best series ever written . I have read it at least 20 times over the last 30 years ...over 10 million copies sold
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