My present favourite. Robert Jordan writes in a genre that's been quite sucked up (not dry yet) but his work is so sweeping that you half forget it is drawing on the likes of LoTR. I've yet to meet someone who's read a whole book and not taken to the series.
Something that struck me as strange and uncharacteristic of fantasy writers is the fact that the later books seemed to cut the slack on physical action. After books 6 and 7 ad the Cleansing, I'm sure he didn't lose steam but he seemed to want to give a silence-before-the-storm effect. He's got a darn clean eye for detail and doesn't like to give in to replying to questions about things he says are obvious to understand.
Another thing that struck me as fascinating is how the number of POVs and characters just keep on increasing and somehow he manages to develop all the characters.....none of them end up cliche either.....though the primary villains are all the usual slick, confident and muahuahua type. May the poor fellow rest in peace and may the fellow writing the last one do justice to A Memory of Light.
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