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Christopher Paolini

American fantasy and science fiction author; began Eragon, the first book of the Inheritance Cycle, as a teenager; later wrote the science fiction novel To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and Murtagh (2023).

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DuneBook Frank Herbert

recommended

I’m sure someone else has said this before me: in lots of ways, Dune reads like science fiction written as fantasy.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Epic Fantasy Books

2026-01-23·fivebooks.com ↗

The Lord of the RingsBook J.R.R. Tolkien

recommended

It feels like he decided to focus on a place, and make the place itself a character, even more than Middle-earth is a character within The Lord of the Rings.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Epic Fantasy Books

2026-01-23·fivebooks.com ↗

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