Can You Read Too Much Fantasy? | Friday Conversation
Page Chewing · Oct 9, 2026 · 1:05:16
Page Chewing · Oct 9, 2026 · 1:05:16
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This week on the Friday Conversation, I'm joined by Jose from Fantasy Talks Live and author Alex French for an open discussion about genre burnout and whether fantasy is particularly susceptible to it.
We talk about massive series, thousand page books, taking breaks from our favorite genres, and why we inevitably seem to come back to fantasy anyway.
Along the way, the conversation expands into standalone fantasy novels, unfinished series, overly complicated worldbuilding and magic systems, science fiction, authors jumping between genres, and whether fantasy writers need to earn the right to ask readers to commit to a huge series.
We also ask a bigger question: what do we actually want to see fantasy do that we aren't seeing enough of right now?
As always with the Friday Conversation, we wander into a few unexpected places along the way.
Let us know in the comments:
Have you ever experienced genre burnout?
Can a fantasy series be TOO long?
And what would you like to see more of in modern fantasy?
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