Posted on 02/16/2024 4:00:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
“Also: “The Worm Ouroboros” by E. R. Eddison”
Ditto.
Yes, he did change eventually but I sure wanted to b*tchslap him to begin with. LOL
I enjoy reading series because I’m not in a hurry to leave that “world”. I’ve read single books that left me feeling the journey was too short.
Not a top 30 pick, but but one that strongly affected me was “Odd John,” by Olaf Stapledon. What does a super-genius do when he seeks and finds his own kind in our world?
Brief and very imaginative.
I’ve tried to read The Colour of Magic several times, always give it up as a bad job. Just can’t get into it, or anything else Pratchett wrote.
The list is missing Narnia and Gormenghast.
There are also some fantasy series that should be noted - the Recluce books by L.E. Modesitt Jr., the Mithgar books by Dennis McKiernan, and the Elantra series by Michelle Sagara. All are multi-novel series with some books better than others. In particular, don’t be put off by the first trilogy in McKiernan’s Mithgar series - The Iron Tower. It was originally written as Tolkien fan fiction, and it reads like it. He fleshed his world out in later books, though, turning it into Tolkienian fantasy that is nothing like Tolkien. He and Michelle Sagara both explore what it would be like to be immortal, which I find interesting.
Needs more hair hobbits.
Totally agree, though I think it falls more in the realm of sci-fi.
The first four books in the Disk World should actually be read after you have gotten to know the Disk World. Or maybe not at all. At the time he was just playing with the idea of a story that made fun of fantasy tropes. Later he started putting some thought into the world he was creating. The best place to start is with the book “Guards, Guards”, a tribute to all the poor slubs in fantasy books that exist only to be killed by the hero or serve as cannon (arrow?) fodder.
The Talisman by Stephen King
Feminist polemics always have to be artificially propped up.
They suck.
Narnia is seventh on the list.
Where do you place H.P, Lovecraft? Read his works 64 years ago and have his books which I read often.
I would say Horror.
Grew up near the local library and read voraciously to the point of worrying Mom. Covered quite a few on the list and my eyesight is now quite poor.
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