Most Derivative Fantasy: Dragonlance or The Magicians
No genre exists in a vacuum, Fantasy especially. Each new book is deeply indebted to previous works, and even those wishing to eschew tropes and traditions are still reacting to the series they choose not to emulate. Each previous book is but another brick in the Fantasy foundation, which future authors build upon with new bricks stamped with their own particular seals. Yet, to belabor this building metaphor a bit more, some series come to the conclusion “Why fix what ain’t b
