I am a bitter Fantasy fan (now with recs)

[mothwing]

I have been reading Fantasy written by English and American authors ever since I was fourteen. It is my favourite genre, and most of my favourite books are Fantasy books. This genre was my cure for sadness, loneliness, and boredom ever since I discovered it. And even though I love that genre and spend quite an amount of time defending its literary

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[cryingcat613]

Rage on! I have this same problem!

As for fantasy writers who don't suck, have you tried Tamora Pierce?

[yukinoomoni]

Oooooh, good choice. Her female characters are amazing.

[cryingcat613]

Yeah, even in the books I don't like (The Realms of the Gods, any book of the Circle series besides the first four), her female characters are great. I love being able to say that I don't like a book because I don't like the plot, not because the female characters sucked.

(Side note - did you hear that she's going to write about Numair's early years and then Maura? I'm so excited!)

Oh god, your icon roffles

[yukinoomoni]

I did not hear this. That is awesome!

Re: Oh god, your icon roffles

[cryingcat613]

Thanks! I love Stains!

Yeah, I think it might be on her wikipedia page and probably her website...

Have you seen the blog "Words of Tamora Pierce"? I love weird bits of trivia, and it's a collection of things she's said about the characters (her first imagined idea of the Thom and Roger issue, etc) from lj and the internet (http://tpwords.wordpress.com/).

[mothwing]

Yep, and I do love her books, although I have to admit that I couldn't and still can't stand Alanna. :( I don't even know why, maybe it'd work for me if I re-read it today. I really enjoyed the Circle of Magic series, though.

She is one of the few authors who manage female characters that don't suck, there should be more of her.