We've all seen the signs:
war is coming; and this winter, hobbits will learn that one should never laugh at live dragons. The top names in fantasy fiction discuss how the key to writing a real epic fantasy novel lies in the word
epic-which doesn't just mean ambitious in scale, scope, and size. Epic fantasy helps us decipher the bigger mysteries of life. Even though there might be dragons (and magicians, horselords, and warlords), every word, and every detail of the world, must resonate on a fully human plane. Legendary editor
Betsy Mitchell gets epic with panelists
Brandon Sanderson (
Alloy of Law),
Raymond E. Feist (
A Crown Imperiled),
Robin Hobb (
City of Dragons),
N.K. Jemisin (The Inheritance Trilogy),
Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance cycle),
Rachel Hartman (
Seraphina),
Patrick Rothfuss (KingKiller Chronicles),
Heather Brewer (
The Legacy of Tril), and
Lynn Flewelling (
Casket of Souls).
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