> Probably the best example of the type of book I've been told is "good" fantasy is Guy Gavriel Kay's _Tigana_. A number of people on the newsgroup rec.arts.sf.written responded with this book when asked the question "If you could get a Jordan fan to read just one book that would open their eyes to 'good' fantasy, what book would it be."
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> I haven't read it yet, however, nor have I read any of the others that are supposed to be good (such as George R. R. Martin's _A Game of Thrones_). But, I still promise to let everyone know how they are when I do read them :-)

Excellent -- I've been looking for a good fantasy novel (wound up picking up Tim Power's _Earthquake Weather_ when nothing else looked good). I think I'll check out the Kay book.

-Faux "whammo" Pas