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Fantasy as a genre is often unfairly maligned. While there are plenty of authors who seem to be paid by the word and are only concerned with churning out volume, there are many authors producing fantastic works that transcend genre and often are even worthy of the word literature. While there were many worthy contenders, here are what we consider to be the 10 greatest fantasy series of all time.
魔幻题材的小说常常遭到不公的非议。尽管确实存在不少貌似只是为了按字拿钱绞尽脑汁扩大篇幅的作者，同样也有很多的作家创作出了无以伦比的作品，有些甚至可以被奉为文学瑰宝。
10. The Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan 《时光之轮》——罗伯特.乔丹
I could probably write several pages on what's wrong with The Wheel of Time (Jordan never could write female characters, the quality fell off a cliff after book four, the series should have ended many, many books ago, etc., etc.), but the positives of the series greatly outweigh the negatives. The Wheel of Time was made for those who like their fantasy writ large, and The Wheel of Time fulfills that desire epicly. You won't find a more in depth work (which has it's downsides as well, every new book release begs for a rereading of the incredibly long series since it's nearly impossible to keep track of every minor character) and Jordan clearly takes as much pleasure in world building as any fantasy author since Tolkien. As previously mentioned, WoT has a huge cast, a fully realized world with dozens of races and nations, and a huge tapestry of plot lines that combine to form one of the greatest fantasy series of all time. It's a shame that Jordan didn't live to complete it, but hopefully Brandon Sanderson will bring the series to a satisfying conclusion.
我很容易就可以找出《时光之轮》的种种败笔（比如乔丹不擅长刻画女性角色；从第四部开始整体质量就开始急速下降；这个系列早在很久之前就应该终结；等等等等），但这部作品的正面影响远远大过其不足之处。《时光之轮》是为那些喜欢幻想巨著的人创作的，这本书极大地满足了这些人对魔幻的渴望。你不可能再找到另外一部在深度上可与之并提的作品（当然也有它的短板，每本新书发售都得重读之前的章节，因为你不可能记住每个微小的角色（再括号：我去...十几本砖头那）），且乔丹显然像自托尔金之后的任何一个魔幻作家一样，热衷于构建世界。像之前提到过的，《时光之轮》有一个庞大的角色阵容，一个完全真实的拥有数十个种族和国家的世界，通过庞杂的分支相互交错串联从而组成史上最伟大的魔幻系列。很遗憾乔丹生前没有完成这部巨著，希望布兰顿.桑德森能够带给这个系列一个令人满意的结局。
