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Not competing on world-building per se (inventing few languages requires proper linguistic background), but on other aspects, Malazan book of the fallen series
by saiya-jin 8y ago
Not competing on world-building per se (inventing few languages requires proper linguistic background), but on other aspects, Malazan book of the fallen series is an amazing read. World is just more interesting to dive into. Till I had read it, Tolkien was #1 fantasy for me. Afterwards, it seemed bland and a bit boring. But that's me, some people drown in complex parallel stories and heaps of characters.
From what I heard Wheel of time is similarly awesome, but no first hand experience with it yet.
- nickik 8y agoThe Wheel of Time has some great world building, but also some terrible. The Wheel has a lot of different cultures that all feel like they have an identity. However Wheel is mostly great for its broad (epic) scope of the central conflict and how this is told threw characters.