“What’s ‘Wrong’ With Epic Fantasy?”: Puzzled, But Also Curious…

Recently, SF Signal ran another of their fabulous Mind Melds, this one on the topic “What ‘Wrong’ With Epic Fantasy?”

The range of contributing opinion is well worth a look as always—but I must admit I couldn’t help wondering why this question is asked so consistently in relation to epic fantasy (since I know the reason da Signal asked it is because it is topical!) Yet my perception is that I rarely see posts that ponder: “What’s wrong with…” Fantasy (generally), say, or Steampunk, or Dark Fan...