Robert Jordan died.

[Worm75]

RIP Jordan.....first 3 books of the series stand up with pretty much any fantasy written.

As for Tad Williams, his later stuff is decent, but memory sorrow and thorn series is amazing...one of those series of 3 books that was so deep it felt he could write for years about it.

Personally right now, I love Martin....even though it's been a long time for the next installment.

But my personal fav has to be Steven Erickson and his Mazalan tales of the fallen series. As much as I liked Jordan and even Martin, this series has really delivered...across 7 books so far and each one has literally been better than the last.