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First person fantasy. Can it work?
Jacen:
I enjoyed the Belgeriad and Malloreon precisely because they weren't deep, philosophical treatises. Yeah, they're pretty shallow but they're fun. As for the Taltos novels, I highly recommend them. Probably one of the coolest things I've ever read. I can't wait to get my hands on the sorta prequel books. And I hope the rest of the series comes out soon. He's got a lot more books planned though.
Dom:
Robin Hobb's Assassin books are written in first person, and are high/epic fantasy set in a medieval-type world. You may want to check them out. :)
prophet224:
I'd just like to throw out there that ANYTHING can work. It's a matter of whether it truly fits the work that you are trying to create. Sometimes it doesn't do it, sometimes it does.
FPV is often considered the 'first resort' of aspiring writers. I'm not saying that stories don't work out well that way, but it takes a certain feel and plot for it to be right.
Also, here's a series; while not 'High Fantasy', I hesitate to call these horror, so I would say they are fantasy: The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. You will find many of these written from a first person viewpoint, and honestly, they wouldn't have worked as well otherwise.
Mickey Finn:
This fits in nicely with how Alera came about...because Jim believed a good story could be written by a good author on *anything*. (The bet was to combine lost roman legions with pokeman)
Sir Apropos of Nothing is another great series in first person...closer to The princess Bride in feeling, though. A sarcastic, snarky version, where the hero just wants to be the damn hero in his own story, and not the stupid sidekick or villian in some other villian's story that he keeps winding up being. Great stuff from Peter David.
Although the 3rd book gets depressing as hell.
Stuart1512:
Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch series is a fine example of First Person fantasy/Sci Fi.
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