Absolutely agree about the Tolkien movies. Such a joy to watch those. I can see how the end of wheel of time could be a let down, specially because of all the expectation attached with sandersons task. Difficult for me to imagine what it would be like for Jordan to have finished it.

Yeah I need to start screening my choices now and check if the series is finished lol. But I don't think I'd be able to do that. There's a lot of books you've mentioned that I haven't heard of(Belgariad and Pern) . I must check them out cheers!

Malazan is finished. It's the series they warn you about lol. It's supposedly the final boss of fantasy series. Very regularly touted as "hard to get into, but so worth it". And I'd agree with that. Check out their subreddit on here.

I used to love steam punk as a genre in gaming.(and usually there's some lore surrounding the game) Haven't really read something steam punk. Although I do love to imagine the prequels to Dune being steampunk-y.