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⌈ Secret Post #5441 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

in that case why not adapt one of the hundreds of popular fantasy series that aren't about fate and destiny

[(Anonymous)]

Examples?

Epic-length fantasy with a built-in brand name and legacy equalling the size and popularity of WOT.

Not being snarky, genuinely asking for recs here. If there really are hundreds of popular alternatives out there that haven't already been adapted, I'd love to know which I'm missing.

The only possible example I can think of is the Farseer books, which given Hobb's tendency to alienate her entire fanbase might be tricky.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know how big WOT actually has been recently. I associate it very strongly with the 1990s wave of fantasy fiction. I think it stopped really gaining major numbers of new fans when it lost momentum around the 8th and 10th books, which came out in 1998 and 2003. And it's a very hard sell to new readers because of how much of a slog the middle is - I knew as a Wheel of Time fan, it's not something I would really recommend to people. I would bet someone like Brandon Sanderson is generally more popular than Jordan is if anything.

So, yeah, there's Sanderson who could be adapted. Malazan Books of the Fallen. Lois McMaster Bujold, Daniel Abraham, Scott Lynch. And a bunch of others past that that are older or not as well known or not quite as straight-out epic fantasy but could still make a really good fantasy series - someone could make a great Zelazny Amber series, for instance. Or Martha Wells or Tad Williams, or more of that 80s romantic fantasy style stuff if you wanted to do that.

[(Anonymous)]

Belgariad series by David Eddings.
Abhorsen series by Garth Nix.
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin.
Someone could finally do a decent adapation of Earthsea.
Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce

The bigger titles are older and they have become less and less popular (I rope WOT in that, it was popular enough to have someone finish it but those books were the series limping to the finish line). New readers don't pick them up and there aren't a ton of that type of fantasy being published anymore.

[(Anonymous)]

Cause nobody gives a shit but the powernerds about stuff that isn't about fate and destiny.