Question of the Week: Fantasy Subgenres
It’s time for Question of the Week, which is intended to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics.
This week’s question: what is your favorite subgenre of fantasy – high fantasy, epic fantasy, sword & sorcery, historical fantasy, urban fantasy, LitRPG, cultivation, or something else? No wrong answers, obviously.
For myself, I think it would be sword & sorcery. My ideal fantasy novel has a barbarian hero wandering from corrupt city state to corrupt city state, messing up the business of some evil wizards. I’m also very fond of what’s called “generic fantasy” – if a fighter, dwarf, an elf, and a wizard are going into a dungeon and fighting some orcs, I’m happy.
-JM
Epic fantasy or those with a good history for that world. The Ghost series are fantastic at this.
I enjoy all of those subgenres, if they are well done. In times past I would have said comic fantasy, but that is because Terry Pratchett at his best was just that good.
High fantasy.
I’d honestly read anything fantasy that’s written well and has characters I’m attached to, given that it’s not too gritty. Bonus points if there’s humour!
Also: i love your books soo much and they’re the perfect blend of fantasy, adventure and characters. Your books were what really got me into sword and sorcery!
Definitely urban fantasy and sword and sorcery.