Alright, so Beagle's pretty darn good. But I don't really consider him serial fantasy, or even particularly "high" fantasy. Since his work falls as an exception to the genres I've laid out, I still say my original points stand.

As for Green... all I've read of his is Deathstalker, which is basically serial fantasy thinly disguised as science fiction. And I've only read the first book in the series, and while it piqued my interest it was also pretty darn maddening for all the reasons I've mentioned.