Fantasy Epics

I have recently been reading through the 'Wheel of Time' books. I am currently half way through book 9. Only 4 more to go!

A friend and a work colleague both suggested I read 'Game of Thrones'. This will have to wait for 'Wheel of Time' to be completed, and given that we have no television, I can choose when to watch the consequent series on DVD.

So I was searching for it on Amazon to see if it was available for Kindle. I found it, and was reading the product description, only to stumble upon the reccommendation that 'it's the greatest fantasy epic of modern time!'

'Hang on a minute' I thought. 'That's generally language attributed to 'Wheel of Time''. I checked, and it turns out that pretty much every fantasy book has some such reccommendation, so I decided to come up with a few of my own:

Harry Potter: Biggest fantasy phenomenon of our time
Twilight: Romeo and Juliet meets fantasy in the greatest Romance for young people (although, this is NOT my reccommendation)
Wheel of Time: Greatest Fantasy Epic of our Time (Given that it's just so darn long!)
The Inheritance Cycle: Written by the luckiest 15 year old I know
His Dark Materials: The greatest fantasy deception of our time

None of which truly compare to the classic fantasy of C.S. Lewis' 'Narnia' series, or the immortal Tolkein in 'Lord of the Rings'.

FYI, on my Kindle, I will be reading the first edition stories of the Brothers Grimm, as well as a little Jules Vern. Should be quite exciting. Until then.