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Epic Fantasy

Epic Fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is set in invented or parallel world. It is most commonly considered to be the same genre as High Fantasy, since they share many of the same elements, but Epic Fantasy takes the story even farther, in a bigger and more epic way (e.g. the stakes are greater; the land/world is in peril; a great evil threatens the world; the conflict shakes all who dwell in the world of the story).

Epic Fantasy became more famous through the works of such as: Brandon Sanderson, Brent Weeks, Robert Jordan, Robin Hobb, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Joe Abercrombie, Terry B ...more

New Releases Tagged "Epic Fantasy"

Lady Macbeth
Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1)
Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
Ami (Guardians of Dawn, #2)
Between Dragons and Their Wrath (The Shattered Kingdom, #1)
Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2)
The Doors of Midnight (Tales of Tremaine, #2)
Cast in Atonement (Chronicles of Elantra, #18)
The Bright Sword
The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)
The Sky on Fire
The West Passage
Navola
The Spice Gate
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Epic Fantasy Books

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0)
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)
The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
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Quotes Tagged “Epic Fantasy”

Constantina Maud
“ True siblings are bound together by far more essential things than blood, while more times than many blood isn't thicker than water. ...more ”
― Constantina Maud, Hydranos
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Angelo Tsanatelis
“ ...making some noise in the woods is a thing that one can forget. The sound of a man’s voice on the other hand, is something else entirely. ”
― Angelo Tsanatelis, Origins
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Groups Tagged "Epic Fantasy"

This is a YA Book Club for readers of science fiction and fantasy in Woodford County!
1 member, last active one year ago
Epic Reads, regardless of length. This group is open to anyone if you like reading pretty much anything but Romance novels (no off…more
2 members, last active 6 years ago
Discutir, comentar, difundir, sobre literatura fantástica entre lectores y escritores de habla h…more
1 member, last active 7 years ago
The Velvet Beehive This is a book club for those who are interested in any of the following: — Classics by w…more
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