espresso_addict:

I think perhaps I like a lot of disparate things in fantasy, so we might
have overlapping tastes. I love Earthsea for the wonderful writing
as much as anything else. Having constructed an encyclopedia for the
universe, it's definitely thinner than say Tolkien. I can understand not
caring for Dark is Rising; for me it stands up less well than the
others to reading as an adult.

I really ought to try Bujold's fantasy universes, as I enjoy the
Vorkosigan series, particularly the books that deal with Barrayar
politics.