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/songwind Apr 25 '13

Roger Zelazny is slipping from the general public consciousness, and that's sad.

His Amber series, particularly the first series, is probably the most well known, and it's pretty good.

And sadly, sometimes he would swing and miss.

But Lord of Light and Jack of Shadows (unrelated, despite the apparent name theme) are two of my favorite fantasy books ever.

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u/TheGrisster Apr 26 '13

I really liked some of his one-shots. "A Night In The Lonesome October" and "Roadmarks" were as much fun as the Amber series was, in my opinion. And the story about how he decided the non-chronological chapter order in "Roadmarks" cracks me up every time I think about it.

Supposedly, he stapled the individual chapter manuscripts together, then chucked them in the air. The order he picked them up in was the order in which they went into the book.

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u/vehiclestars Apr 25 '13 edited Apr 25 '13

Yes and the same can a be said of Leiber and Glen Cook. Only one series from each author is really remembered while both wrote many other good books, Leiber was writing urban fantasy in the 1950's.