CP3S said:
Aside from Tolkien, who I love, I've never had any interest in fantasy books, maybe it relates to that.
My level of Tolkien interest is too low for other fans to consider me one of them, and too high for norms to consider me one of them.
As mish, as peshkë, I guess.
And I agree, almost all of the rest of the "fantasy" genre doesn't interest me at all, depsite the fact that fantasy plays heavily into genres that I love (Space Opera, soft Sci Fi, superheroes, etc...).
Have you ever read the Wheel of Time? When I worked at Barnes and Noble, some employees only read fiction, some only read history, and others only read home and gardening... but everyone (myself excluded) read Wheel of Time. Since my job was on the line, I picked it up and really enjoyed the heck out it. There were 8 books at the time, and I think they're up to 14 with the 15th and "final" book out early next year.
Of course, once you get into it people will make the assumption that you're into fantasy and you just need to read more of it... but it's worth the price.