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89... but in general, that is many by the same author. jh Send a noteboard - 06/12/2009 06:17:06 PM
Adams, Richard, Watership Down
Anonymous, (Burton Richard Trans.), The Thousand Nights And A Night
Bakker, R.S., Prince Of Nothing
Barrie, J.M., Peter Pan
Bulgakov, Mikhail, The Master & Margarita
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Tarzan Of The Apes
Cabell, James Branch, Jurgen
Card, Orson Scott, The Seventh Son
Carroll, Lewis, Alice In Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis, Alice Through The Looking Glass
Cervantes, , Don Quixote
Cooper, Susan, Greenwitch
Cooper, Susan, Over Sea, Under Stone.
Cooper, Susan, Silver On The Tree
Cooper, Susan, The Dark Is Rising
Cooper, Susan, The Grey King.
Crowley, John, Little Big
Danielewski, Mark, House Of Leaves
De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine, The Little Prince
Delany, Samuel, Dhalgren
Dickens, Charles, A Christmas Carol
Donaldson, Stephen R., Lord Foul's Bane
Donaldson, Stephen R., The Illearth War
Donaldson, Stephen R., The Power That Preserves.
Dunsany, Lord, The Gods Of Pegana
Dunsany, Lord, The King Of Elflands Daughter
Eco, Umberto, Foucault's Pendulum
Eco, Umberto, The Name Of The Rose
Edison, E.R., The Worm Ouroboros
Ellison, Harlan, Collected Short Stories
Erikson, Steven, Tales Of The Malazan Book Of The Fallen – 4 Vols
Gaiman, Neil, American Gods
Gentle, Mary, Ash
Gentle, Mary, Rats And Gargoyles
Harris, Charlaine, Dead Until Dark
Harrison, M. John, Viriconium
Heller, Joseph, Catch-22
Homer, The Odyssey,
Jansson, Tove, Moomin Troll Books
Kafka, Franz, Collected Stories
Kafka, Franz, The Castle
Kay, Guy Gavriel, The Summer Tree
King, Stephen, The Shining
King, Stephen, The Stand
Kipling, Rudyard, The Jungle Book
Leguin, Ursula K., The Wizard Of Earthsea Trilogy
Leiber, Fritz, Conjure Wife
Leiber, Fritz, Ill Met In Lankhmar
Leiber, Fritz, Night's Black Agents
Leiber, Fritz, Our Lady Of Darkness
Leiber, Fritz, Swords And Deviltry
Leiber, Fritz, Swords In The Mist
Leiber, Fritz, The Knight And Knave Of Swords
Leiber, Fritz, The Swords Of Lankhmar
Leiber, Fritz, Two Sought Adventure
Lewis, C.S., The Narnia Chronicles
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia, One Hundred Years Of Solitude
Marryat, Fredrick, The Phantom Ship
Martin, George R.R., The Song Of Ice And Fire
Melville, Herman, Moby Dick
Miéville, China, Perdido Street Station
Moorcock, Michael, The Stealer Of Souls
Morrison, Toni, Song Of Solomon
Peake, Mervyn, The Gormenghast Trilogy
Poe, Edgar Allan, Collected Stories
Powers, Tim, Last Call
Powers, Tim, The Anubis Gates
Pratchett, Terry, The Colour Of Money (Discworld)
Rushdie, Salman, Midnight's Children
Rushdie, Salman, Satanic Verses
Shea, Robert, Illuminatus
Shelley, Mary, Frankenstein
Stevenson, Robert Louis, Dr Jekyll
Stoker, Bram, Dracula
Stover, Matthew Woodring, Blade Of Tyshalle
Stover, Matthew Woodring, Heroes Die
Swift, Jonathan, Gulliver's Travels
Tolkien, J.R.R., The Hobbit
Tolkien, J.R.R., The Lord Of The Rings 3 Vols.
Tolkien, J.R.R., The Silmarillion
Twain, Mark, A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
Vance, Jack, Lyonesse Trilogy
Verne, Jules, Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
White, T.H., The Once And Future King
White, T.H., The Sword In The Stone
Wilde, Oscar, Dorian Gray
Wolfe, Gene, Fifth Head Of Cerberus
Wolfe, Gene, The Book Of The New Sun
Zelazny, Roger, Nine Princes In Amber


Also, I decided that if I started the book and put it down, it goes on the list. Some I am not sure about the translations, but that is not a major issue. Still, the choice of books seem quite random, and at times like effort has been made not to take the best or most well known one. blah. the list sucked.
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Since people are weighing in on that best fantasy list I posted, how many on this list have ya read? Larry - 06/12/2009 05:22:40 AM 2283 Views
A lot of those books aren't fantasy. Tom - 06/12/2009 05:34:18 AM 818 Views
Most of those depend upon how loosely one defines it Larry - 06/12/2009 06:41:50 AM 794 Views
Up next, fantasy fans attempt to co-opt Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 07:20:03 AM 253 Views
Actually, considering who put that list together, I'd at least look into their rationales Larry - 06/12/2009 07:42:11 AM 725 Views
Mmm... there's been a pronounced tendency among spec ficcers, from what I've seen, Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 09:09:26 AM 970 Views
I agree Camilla - 06/12/2009 09:35:32 AM 716 Views
I'm a bit different than that Larry - 06/12/2009 09:20:09 PM 779 Views
Re: I'm a bit different than that Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:04:47 AM 826 Views
Then what should it be defined as? Larry - 07/12/2009 02:28:55 AM 867 Views
What, didn't you major in Fixing Up Confusions and other Issues? Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:49:30 AM 558 Views
I majored in raising more questions and doubting absolutes Larry - 07/12/2009 02:50:35 AM 684 Views
You majored in being a pain in the butt is what you majored in. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:52:00 AM 732 Views
No, that was my second minor Larry - 07/12/2009 02:54:53 AM 646 Views
In that case, I trust my definition more than theirs. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 03:05:32 AM 711 Views
Re: I majored in raising more questions and doubting absolutes The_Last_Gunslinger - 08/12/2009 10:59:03 PM 755 Views
Not really Larry - 08/12/2009 11:19:46 PM 1056 Views
Fantasy has no easy definition. Werthead - 07/12/2009 02:46:33 AM 772 Views
That's true. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:50:37 AM 731 Views
But the Song of Soloman is certainly akin to that *NM* Larry - 07/12/2009 02:51:21 AM 246 Views
No, that's just porn. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:52:24 AM 345 Views
If you redefine fatasy as fiction, the category loses its value Camilla - 06/12/2009 12:33:03 PM 754 Views
Remember what I studied for my grad degree Larry - 06/12/2009 04:10:08 PM 766 Views
Re: Remember what I studied for my grad degree Camilla - 06/12/2009 04:33:58 PM 775 Views
Really? Larry - 06/12/2009 09:22:21 PM 893 Views
Re: Really? Camilla - 06/12/2009 10:49:36 PM 848 Views
Literature does not exist in a vacuum Larry - 06/12/2009 10:53:58 PM 555 Views
Obviously I know that Camilla - 06/12/2009 11:30:55 PM 716 Views
But it is a material artifact of a culture Larry - 07/12/2009 12:47:45 AM 624 Views
But that is not all it is. Camilla - 07/12/2009 08:16:32 AM 819 Views
Indeed. A lot of them are science fiction. Werthead - 06/12/2009 04:32:26 PM 739 Views
Re: Indeed. A lot of them are science fiction. Camilla - 06/12/2009 05:01:55 PM 635 Views
Several dozen contributed to the suggestion list Larry - 06/12/2009 09:23:21 PM 555 Views
I've read 34. Legolas - 06/12/2009 10:53:38 AM 616 Views
Well, when individual preferences affect listings, such things happen, I guess Larry - 06/12/2009 09:24:39 PM 620 Views
78 that I have finished, but that is really not the point. Camilla - 06/12/2009 11:55:16 AM 766 Views
Definitions of "fantasy" vary considerably Larry - 06/12/2009 09:25:35 PM 713 Views
According to the one you just applied, my master's thesis was one... Camilla - 06/12/2009 10:47:25 PM 631 Views
It's just a state of mind, I suppose Larry - 07/12/2009 12:50:22 AM 736 Views
Re: It's just a state of mind, I suppose Camilla - 07/12/2009 08:17:09 AM 765 Views
I've read 28. Linda - 06/12/2009 03:42:40 PM 813 Views
89... but in general, that is many by the same author. jh - 06/12/2009 06:17:06 PM 624 Views
46. This is an idiotic list. A Confederacy of Dunces just IS NOT fantasy. Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 08:34:07 PM 844 Views
You say that, based on having read maybe 2% of the list? Larry - 06/12/2009 09:27:32 PM 551 Views
Jane Eyre? Napoleon62 - 07/12/2009 12:00:36 AM 696 Views
It plays upon the Gothic novel precepts Larry - 07/12/2009 12:51:31 AM 582 Views
Larry...come on...if it's Fantasy I have a bridge in Brooklyn for you to buy Tom - 07/12/2009 04:17:38 AM 750 Views
Devise a better? Larry - 07/12/2009 04:34:46 AM 666 Views
It would be much shorter Tom - 07/12/2009 02:20:05 PM 931 Views
It should be shorter than some of the ones you listed Larry - 08/12/2009 11:26:35 PM 675 Views
Argh. Your quoting skills need work. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/12/2009 08:58:15 AM 354 Views
You seem to be misunderstanding Tom's post. Legolas - 09/12/2009 10:57:08 AM 687 Views
No,I was just just commenting on my likes/dislikes of that list Larry - 09/12/2009 01:21:45 PM 819 Views
I think you are misunderstanding again... jh - 09/12/2009 01:46:49 PM 791 Views
Yes. What Jonte said. *NM* Legolas - 09/12/2009 02:41:41 PM 371 Views
Oh,that Larry - 09/12/2009 06:07:11 PM 867 Views
Re: It should be shorter than some of the ones you listed Camilla - 21/12/2009 09:35:11 AM 1077 Views
I read it very recently. He masturbates to a dog. Fetishes != fantasy. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 01:58:57 AM 597 Views
Like I said, it's been years for me Larry - 07/12/2009 02:30:58 AM 800 Views
No worries. That one just got me a little testy. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:48:01 AM 691 Views
96... but so many books are missing that i can think of... i mean, really! temeraire - 07/12/2009 02:07:18 AM 639 Views
It's an interesting experiment of a list, miki, and I think it's little more than that Larry - 07/12/2009 02:29:56 AM 583 Views
I've read about 90 of them ranagrande - 18/12/2009 03:37:49 PM 956 Views
It would be a more interesting list if it contained more books that fantasy fans would want to read random thoughts - 30/12/2009 06:35:18 PM 822 Views
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