Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?

[Shadowstrife911]

i think we have a strong contender for what i'm going to term the Rand Award in honor of her ten-page speeches that many readers confess to skipping (rants by characters?)

Anyone else have a contestant in the Enough is Too Much Freestyle Open?

I can't recall the specific name of the book but one of Frank Herbert's Dune books could be a fierce contender. One of them is practically all focused on the philosophical and less on plot. Although I believe this is what Frank was going for with this installment of the series. (Unless he went crazy during this time in his life?)