Do people even read high fantasy anymore?

Interesting. I'm still calling mine "epic" fantasy. Magic, if not the creatures, is somewhat abundant.

 

I never took it that way. "High" and "Low" are usually used to determine how much magic is in the world. "Epic" is usually used to describe the scope of the story. I.e., a story that changes the course of the world is "epic," while a guy trying to make it through the day without getting killed is "Sword & Sorcery." But you can have high magic Sword & Sorcery (i.e., Fafhrd and Gray Mouser) and low magic Sword & Sorcery (i.e., most Conan stories). And you have high magic Epic Fantasy (i.e., Tolkien, David Eddings) and low magic Epic Fantasy (GRRM).

 

Hi,

As to what fantasy people read mostly I don't know. My sister tells me that urban fantasy (just to throw another name in the pot) is really hot these days. All I can tell you is that the traditional fantasy (elves, dwarves wizards) I published a year ago, is still outselling all my others.

Having read this thread though I'm thinking I have to change my WIP which is also a traditional fantasy. Now my main character is going to have to switch from being a lord to a crime solving romantic with a taste for explicit sexual conquests!

Cheers, Greg.

 

I read ! Thick books are the only thing that makes me happy :wavespin: