OK, all you SF and fantasy geeks who read the previous post:

[bunrab]

Here's another link, spotted by telynor, that deserves reading.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/scott_lynch/169852.html

And mind you, I dislike most modern fantasy. But I still think that in this case Benford is full of $#!T and that scott_lynch has it right in his rant. (Especially since much of the fantasy that I *do* like seems to involve werewolves on motorcycles and elves with machine guns...)