THE NEW YORKER
Seven Essential Fantasy Reads: Going to Second Base
“The Dragonbone Chair,†the first book in the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, by Tad Williams. . . .
This one has everything you’d expect from epic fantasy—magical swords, dragons, an elvish race, a dwarvish race, love of a princess, internal mythology, and strong drink spread over three books and several thousand pages. And it’s easily the best in the genre—if you want to read a classic epic fantasy series that is not the Lord of the Rings, start here. Williams has several other books (the Otherland series, “The War of the Flowersâ€) that are also worth reading.