funny thing, paco. i love reading fantasy and have tried several times over a period of 20 years to get into the thomas covenant but i just didn't like the writing style. have you tried the sun sword series by michelle west or the song of fire and ice series by george r. r. martin?

Dzinerbear, wish i could help ya but even my scifi is littered with hints of fantasy. not elves but i used to read stuff like the dragon riders of pern series, which is actually 100% scifi but has people riding dragons (which turn out to be genetically altered lizards).

ever go to amazon and search through the scifi? you can read reader reviews, which has actually been very helpful for me.