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It would be a more interesting list if it contained more books that fantasy fans would want to read random thoughts Send a noteboard - 30/12/2009 06:35:18 PM
I have to agree with Gharvel looks like a list of classics rebranded as fantasy in order to give some credibility to the few books on the list that would actually be in the fantasy section of our local library.

I think a more useful list would be one that listed the very best of fantasy and not one that simply tries to claim the very best are fantasy.
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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 2407 Views
A lot of those books aren't fantasy. Tom - 06/12/2009 05:34:18 AM 935 Views
Most of those depend upon how loosely one defines it Larry - 06/12/2009 06:41:50 AM 914 Views
Up next, fantasy fans attempt to co-opt Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 07:20:03 AM 338 Views
Actually, considering who put that list together, I'd at least look into their rationales Larry - 06/12/2009 07:42:11 AM 841 Views
Mmm... there's been a pronounced tendency among spec ficcers, from what I've seen, Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 09:09:26 AM 1100 Views
I agree Camilla - 06/12/2009 09:35:32 AM 831 Views
I'm a bit different than that Larry - 06/12/2009 09:20:09 PM 920 Views
Re: I'm a bit different than that Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:04:47 AM 951 Views
Then what should it be defined as? Larry - 07/12/2009 02:28:55 AM 988 Views
What, didn't you major in Fixing Up Confusions and other Issues? Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:49:30 AM 689 Views
I majored in raising more questions and doubting absolutes Larry - 07/12/2009 02:50:35 AM 813 Views
You majored in being a pain in the butt is what you majored in. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:52:00 AM 866 Views
No, that was my second minor Larry - 07/12/2009 02:54:53 AM 758 Views
In that case, I trust my definition more than theirs. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 03:05:32 AM 836 Views
Re: I majored in raising more questions and doubting absolutes The_Last_Gunslinger - 08/12/2009 10:59:03 PM 872 Views
Not really Larry - 08/12/2009 11:19:46 PM 1229 Views
Fantasy has no easy definition. Werthead - 07/12/2009 02:46:33 AM 893 Views
That's true. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:50:37 AM 875 Views
But the Song of Soloman is certainly akin to that *NM* Larry - 07/12/2009 02:51:21 AM 305 Views
No, that's just porn. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:52:24 AM 402 Views
If you redefine fatasy as fiction, the category loses its value Camilla - 06/12/2009 12:33:03 PM 871 Views
Remember what I studied for my grad degree Larry - 06/12/2009 04:10:08 PM 895 Views
Re: Remember what I studied for my grad degree Camilla - 06/12/2009 04:33:58 PM 919 Views
Really? Larry - 06/12/2009 09:22:21 PM 1025 Views
Re: Really? Camilla - 06/12/2009 10:49:36 PM 1023 Views
Literature does not exist in a vacuum Larry - 06/12/2009 10:53:58 PM 666 Views
Obviously I know that Camilla - 06/12/2009 11:30:55 PM 842 Views
But it is a material artifact of a culture Larry - 07/12/2009 12:47:45 AM 746 Views
But that is not all it is. Camilla - 07/12/2009 08:16:32 AM 952 Views
Indeed. A lot of them are science fiction. Werthead - 06/12/2009 04:32:26 PM 861 Views
Re: Indeed. A lot of them are science fiction. Camilla - 06/12/2009 05:01:55 PM 765 Views
Several dozen contributed to the suggestion list Larry - 06/12/2009 09:23:21 PM 702 Views
I've read 34. Legolas - 06/12/2009 10:53:38 AM 734 Views
Well, when individual preferences affect listings, such things happen, I guess Larry - 06/12/2009 09:24:39 PM 744 Views
78 that I have finished, but that is really not the point. Camilla - 06/12/2009 11:55:16 AM 886 Views
Definitions of "fantasy" vary considerably Larry - 06/12/2009 09:25:35 PM 832 Views
According to the one you just applied, my master's thesis was one... Camilla - 06/12/2009 10:47:25 PM 746 Views
It's just a state of mind, I suppose Larry - 07/12/2009 12:50:22 AM 853 Views
Re: It's just a state of mind, I suppose Camilla - 07/12/2009 08:17:09 AM 875 Views
I've read 28. Linda - 06/12/2009 03:42:40 PM 952 Views
89... but in general, that is many by the same author. jh - 06/12/2009 06:17:06 PM 730 Views
46. This is an idiotic list. A Confederacy of Dunces just IS NOT fantasy. Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 08:34:07 PM 964 Views
You say that, based on having read maybe 2% of the list? Larry - 06/12/2009 09:27:32 PM 663 Views
Jane Eyre? Napoleon62 - 07/12/2009 12:00:36 AM 813 Views
It plays upon the Gothic novel precepts Larry - 07/12/2009 12:51:31 AM 693 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 859 Views
Devise a better? Larry - 07/12/2009 04:34:46 AM 781 Views
It would be much shorter Tom - 07/12/2009 02:20:05 PM 1053 Views
It should be shorter than some of the ones you listed Larry - 08/12/2009 11:26:35 PM 790 Views
Argh. Your quoting skills need work. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/12/2009 08:58:15 AM 408 Views
You seem to be misunderstanding Tom's post. Legolas - 09/12/2009 10:57:08 AM 797 Views
No,I was just just commenting on my likes/dislikes of that list Larry - 09/12/2009 01:21:45 PM 936 Views
I think you are misunderstanding again... jh - 09/12/2009 01:46:49 PM 911 Views
Yes. What Jonte said. *NM* Legolas - 09/12/2009 02:41:41 PM 437 Views
Oh,that Larry - 09/12/2009 06:07:11 PM 989 Views
Re: It should be shorter than some of the ones you listed Camilla - 21/12/2009 09:35:11 AM 1193 Views
I read it very recently. He masturbates to a dog. Fetishes != fantasy. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 01:58:57 AM 711 Views
Like I said, it's been years for me Larry - 07/12/2009 02:30:58 AM 912 Views
No worries. That one just got me a little testy. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:48:01 AM 808 Views
96... but so many books are missing that i can think of... i mean, really! temeraire - 07/12/2009 02:07:18 AM 777 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 703 Views
I've read about 90 of them ranagrande - 18/12/2009 03:37:49 PM 1117 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 933 Views
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