Why the Turn Towards Gritty Realism In Epic Fantasy? Authors Sound Off!
With the runaway success of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice, even epic fantasy has toned down the sword-and-sorcery, and ramped up the gritty realism. At NYCC’s “Winter is Here” panel, Brandan Sanderson, Peter V. Brett, and other authors offered their theories. Top image: French cover of Peter V. Brett’s The Warded…
