One of the more interesting
recent fantasy writers, China Mieville, thinks so — and has developed his urban, industrial, and democratic «Bas Lag» world as a direct competitor to Tolkein's Middle Earth, which he considers implicitly reactionary.
Not exact matches
Here's a good round - up of
recent numbers: All About The Money: Authors, Readers, and Ebook Prices Jami Gold, Paranormal Author Pauline M Ross:
writer of epic
fantasy The Plains of Kallanash and a reviewer on speculative -LSB-...]