As author of the book '100 Must Read Fantasy Novels', I'm noted for my critical attitude toward formulaic Fantasy writing that owes almost everything to the Tolkien template. So here ere are the novels, series and authors (mostly pre 1980s) that for me typify the very best of the hard and fast School of Sword & Sorcery. So if you're finding contemporary Fantasy rather dull - or you've realised that it's too comfortable and samey - these are the seminal works of magazine and paperback fantasy that really set the literary standards for the genre.
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