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Diabolic question => doesn't a rather conventional, patriarchic, conservative genre as heroic fantasy LIVE from cliches?
Kiya <thinking about a lot of heated discussions with colleagues>

Yes, you have a point there. That's the reason I never read Connan, although I know it's the original Heroic fantasy.[/quote]

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This is exactly my reason, why I prefer youth fantasy books - they don't hold such a lot of cliches.

I don't know: Harry Potter might be considered a youth heroic fantasy?

Yes, Pratchett is more "unheroic" fantasy <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />. That's one of the many reasons I love Terry Pratchett so much. *TP fanboy*