/lit/ - Literature

Anyone got any recommendations for some good old-fashioned adventure fantasy or sci-fi? Something with a POV that stays pretty much with one character going on some adventure with all sorts of strange and fantastical encounters? I've got a bunch of medical stuff coming up soon, and find that the best way to kill time while doped up after procedures is to just read some quick and easy sword-and-sorcery style adventures. Sadly a lot of modern fantasy seems to be riding the ASoIaF popularity and spend entire books just introduce a dozen different characters and focusing way too much on politics and what not to stretch it out as many books as possible.

I've read a lot of the big-name stuff like Tolkien, Wheel of Time, Conan, Fafhrd and Grey Mouser, and all the David Eddings stuff. I think Eddings' stuff was my favorite among them all, despite being rather cliche. He really nailed writing interesting and relatable characters.

How are Riftwar, Dragonlance, and Shannara? Worth reading?