>Sometimes it is better to discover an author after they have written several books. That way you aren't waiting forever for their next offering.:)
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>I also like Robert Jordan but had the misfortune to read his first book in the Wheel of Time series right after he wrote it. Now I have had to wait months to years for each part of the continuing saga.
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>Tim

I know you aren't going to want to hear this, but I completely gave up on Jordan after about book 4. I really got tired of his treatment of women as screeching manipulators, and I got very tired of the story too. Maybe he cleaned up his act later in the series, but I'd really had it by then.

Another series I do like is the Honor Harrington series by David Weber.

Overall, I think I began to tire of fantasy much sooner than SF. I found the stories began to run together in my mind. I just wasn't finding enough new ideas to keep me interested.

In the fantasy vein, if you haven't read them yet, try to find The Fionavar Tapestry, a trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay, and The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elisabeth Moon.