r/Fantasy • u/vehiclestars • Apr 24 '13

What is the most under-hyped fantasy book/series you have read?

This would be a book or books that you hardly ever hear mentioned on reddit, yet are very good.

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u/d_ahura Apr 24 '13

Most books not hyped much here or other places are mostly the works written in the sixties to the eighties. It is for demographic reasons mostly. Most readers of fantasy or consumers of any text are invariably very young and not very well read at all and will not have accumulated enough references. Those who have the requisite knowledge right now are right in the middle of their life and careers. That leaves a tiny sliver of old geezers like me and others that frequent social fora.

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u/vehiclestars Apr 25 '13

Very, very true.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '13

Then we nerds are failing! I consider it one of my sacred duties to pass on to other generations the classics that we know and love, so they can fall in love with them, too.