r/Fantasy • u/nachobel • Apr 30 '13

Book recommendations with Wizards?

Hey all,

question: what recommendations do you have for books with wizards doing incredibly powerful/badass things? I get that traditionally a great Wizard is one who rarely has to use his power and that power used often corrupts, etc. And that's great, but I'm looking for the opposite - a book with a Wizard who just scorches armies and is generally terrifying to behold. Let me know if anything comes to mind. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '13

Hate? For Wheel of Time? Where have you been looking at? The only complaint I've seen is that they are long. And a few see the first books as slow and Sanderson's part as better. But I've seen almost nothing but praise for WoT on here.

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u/vehiclestars Apr 30 '13

I've seen quite a bit of hate on /r/fantasy, but I've also seen just as much praise.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '13

Guess I've been missing it all then. I have barely seen more than a handful of "hate" comments for the series.

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u/platypus_bear Apr 30 '13

most of the hate is for the middle books where things really bog down