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> Stormbringer gets talked about a lot.
Rarely actually, and at bare minimum it's an incredibly important work in the context of post-Tolkien fantasy, and basically set the tone for dark fantasy for a few decades. It's "campy", but it's also good, and should be discussed far more often than it is.

The Dark Elf Trilogy is likewise a solid set of fantasy novels, especially in the context of an RPG-tie-in. They have plenty of flaws, but for young adult fiction it's entirely understandable how Drizzt managed to become such a beloved character. The latter books increasingly become trash, but no one ever talks about them, and people rarely even talk about the good books.

>only Nightlands will evoke a hate-filled rant every time it's talked about.
Only Nightlands gets revered as some sort of great work of fiction, constantly brought up here whenever horror, Lovecraft, or just books in general, when it's complete and total shit. Nothing about it is innovative or imaginative if you're even mildly familiar with the literature of the time (and decades before), and the only reason it wasn't entirely forgotten is because Lovecraft namedropped it because he saw more in the work than there actually was. It's a shallow, poorly-written, poorly-conceived work that is amateurish at best, and at worst it's an example of all the worst kinds of writing with all the worst elements. Hell, even its fans understand this, with multiple attempts to try and rewrite it and re-imagine it, which are ultimately wasted efforts.

From a distant concept, I can understand WANTING to like it. The vague premise of a journey through a spooky danger land should be enough for a great story. But every actual component, from the language, to the plot, to the characters, to the actual setting and not just what you hope it would be, is such a disappointment that calling it inoffensive is being far too charitable.

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