Valine
Mofir, the 8th of Destus, 1002
Dragonlance - gods recruiting heroes as proxies for their battles, new species emerging to change the makeup of the world
Game of Thrones - A gritty and brutal realism amongst the fantastic elements of the world
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf - Focus on the exceptional people, born fated to be different but with their own free will leaving their ultimate fate in the balance.
Fighting Fantasy - Epic fantasy told through pockets of smaller adventures. Not the more coherent epic story like Tolkien and his ilk (not yet) but world building through smaller scale stories.