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For this board? Larry Send a noteboard - 04/09/2009 07:09:00 AM
Since I see few of the old OF regulars posting here, I'm going to guess several of the following will be unfamiliar to several of those now posting at the successor board:

M. John Harrison, Viriconium (omnibus); Light; The Course of the Heart; Signs of Life; Nova Swing

Hal Duncan, Vellum; Ink

Jeff VanderMeer, City of Saints and Madmen; Shriek: An Afterword; Finch (forthcoming); Veniss Underground

Brian Evenson, The Wavering Knife; Last Days

Jeffrey Ford, The Physiognomy; Memoranda; The Beyond; The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque; The Girl in the Glass; Empire of Ice Cream; The Shadow Years

Kay Kenyon, Bright of the Sky; A World Too Near; City Without End

D.M. Cornish, Foundling; Lamplighter

Jo Graham, Black Ships; Hand of Isis

Angela Carter, Nights at the Circus; The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman, and so many others

Margo Lanagan, Black Juice; Red Spikes; Tender Morsels

David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Fall 1152; Mouse Guard: Winter 1152

Michael Cisco, The Tyrant; The Traitor; The San Veneficio Canon

Thomas Ligotti, Teatro Grottesco; Nightmare Factory: Volumes I and II; My Work Here is not Done

John Crowley, Little, Big; Ægypt cycle

Stepan Chapman, The Troika

Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper

J.G. Ballard, Why the fuck aren't more people here talking about Ballard, especially since his writings have been more "prophetic" than most any other SF work of the past 50 years? - any of his collected fictions, or just Crash and The Vermillion Sands for starters.

Kelly Link, Stranger Things Happen; Magic for Beginners; Pretty Monsters

Daniel Abraham, A Shadow in Summer; A Betrayal in Winter; An Autumn War; The Price of Spring

Felix Gilman, Thunderer; Gears of the City

J.M. McDermott, Last Dragon

Kristin Cashore, Graceling; Fire

George MacDonald, Lilith

Zoran Živkovi?, The Fourth Circle; Candid Camera; The Book, The Writer, The Reader; The Bridge; Impossible Stories I and II

Milorad Pavi?, Dictionary of the Khazars; Landscape Painted With Tea; Second Body

Edward Whittemore, Shanghai Circus; the four books of the Jerusalem Quartet

Joanna Russ, The Female Man


And many, many more. Challenge: Who here has read half of these authors and/or books?
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Underappreciated Fantasy books? Bryce - 03/09/2009 03:36:10 AM 1956 Views
I don't think Donaldson is underappreciated so much as disliked. Craig - 03/09/2009 04:21:33 AM 1110 Views
Donaldson is "kiddie" have you actaully read Donaldson? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:30:14 PM 924 Views
Re: sentence structure Craig - 14/09/2009 07:22:28 PM 979 Views
I thought it must be something like that random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:49:27 PM 890 Views
Craig - 15/09/2009 08:08:52 PM 1024 Views
Goodkind. Kotagg - 03/09/2009 05:20:51 AM 1198 Views
but... Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 05:31:24 AM 1140 Views
He said "underappreciated", not "underwhelming" *NM* Tom - 03/09/2009 02:41:27 PM 476 Views
my problem with Goodkind... ranagrande - 03/09/2009 03:36:51 PM 1257 Views
I agree Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:10:16 PM 1076 Views
he does preach and ramble a lot and i admit that annoys me LadyLorraine - 03/09/2009 03:51:37 PM 1007 Views
Goodkind is porn! rebelaessedai - 03/09/2009 06:33:32 PM 1153 Views
I didn't know anything about Goodkind when I started reading his books. Danu - 04/09/2009 12:52:37 AM 1254 Views
+1 *NM* Bryce - 05/09/2009 07:57:35 AM 588 Views
I barely made it through the first book. everynametaken - 04/09/2009 03:21:36 AM 1188 Views
Michelle West Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 05:29:39 AM 1146 Views
I agree Nyrende - 04/09/2009 06:35:20 AM 1068 Views
I know! Mat Girl - 04/09/2009 03:19:31 PM 1168 Views
I don't either Nyrende - 04/09/2009 11:55:09 PM 1287 Views
yep, we should Mat Girl - 05/09/2009 12:51:14 AM 1511 Views
All Michelle West's books are fantastic. ajah - 05/09/2009 04:00:22 AM 1093 Views
I tried something of hers and couldn't get into it. rebelaessedai - 05/09/2009 09:14:12 PM 915 Views
Janny Wurts Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:33:19 AM 1204 Views
Kate Elliott Meona Goodday - 03/09/2009 06:04:56 AM 1206 Views
Re: Kate Elliott Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 06:11:11 AM 1015 Views
Re: Kate Elliott Meona Goodday - 03/09/2009 06:21:40 AM 964 Views
I just couldn't get into it *NM* Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:05:24 PM 602 Views
Yes, I agree Perdita - 03/09/2009 06:41:59 PM 1303 Views
I <3 her stuff very much. *NM* Rebekah - 03/09/2009 05:20:22 PM 560 Views
I tried slogging through Fugitive Prince four times AgentOrange - 04/09/2009 08:46:37 PM 1244 Views
I actually put down Mistwraith a couple times before I made it through the first few chapters. Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 05/09/2009 05:20:33 AM 1065 Views
Lois Mcmaster Bujold Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 08:38:20 AM 946 Views
Definitely! Meona Goodday - 04/09/2009 03:16:52 AM 1126 Views
Well, I am about to react like the people above who are having an allergic reaction to goodkind... jh - 04/09/2009 10:05:43 AM 963 Views
Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:27:58 AM 1069 Views
The Worm Ouroboros is underappreciated Tom - 03/09/2009 02:40:22 PM 1098 Views
One does sort of wonder... jh - 03/09/2009 05:25:43 PM 1101 Views
Everything by Guy Gavriel Kay. Tigr - 03/09/2009 02:46:54 PM 1172 Views
I got Tigana from the library. Darth_Katie - 03/09/2009 02:50:01 PM 1100 Views
Agreed. *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 03:12:50 PM 496 Views
Kay in general, yes. However, Jacob - 03/09/2009 03:47:39 PM 1123 Views
Sure. Tigr - 03/09/2009 04:04:38 PM 1171 Views
+1, Tigana's a wonderful book. *NM* Perdita - 03/09/2009 06:40:16 PM 671 Views
If you liked Tigana... Tigr - 03/09/2009 09:47:43 PM 1206 Views
Don't worry, I've read all of his *NM* Perdita - 04/09/2009 12:10:14 AM 651 Views
I've only read The Lions of Al-Rassan, but it was fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2009 10:23:49 PM 485 Views
*NM* Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:29:27 AM 613 Views
yes yes yes Mat Girl - 04/09/2009 01:15:36 AM 1165 Views
Katherine Kurtz tosca - 03/09/2009 02:50:39 PM 1060 Views
I second that Corwin - 05/09/2009 05:15:23 AM 999 Views
Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 03/09/2009 02:52:19 PM 894 Views
Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 03:18:04 PM 1114 Views
I liked the first Fey book a great deal. rebelaessedai - 03/09/2009 06:34:50 PM 1050 Views
*hugs* Kylia Skydancer - 04/09/2009 01:50:30 AM 1120 Views
AHH! rebelaessedai - 04/09/2009 03:49:29 PM 1090 Views
*dies of laughter* Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:31:17 AM 912 Views
God? ! rebelaessedai - 08/09/2009 04:24:14 PM 925 Views
Yes. Now bow down to me. Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 10:59:07 PM 945 Views
Okay. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:23:59 PM 581 Views
Christopher Priest, Brian W. Aldiss, Paul Kearney, Chris Wooding Werthead - 03/09/2009 03:52:49 PM 1145 Views
My Amazon wishlist just got a lot longer. *NM* Haggard - 03/09/2009 04:10:51 PM 453 Views
Agrees on Kearney IndigoAjah - 04/09/2009 01:02:07 AM 992 Views
Yes. Werthead - 04/09/2009 05:59:07 PM 1290 Views
Priest and Aldiss are brilliant. I'll have to pick up some of Wooding's works. Jacob - 22/12/2009 05:39:14 PM 1120 Views
Mercedes Lackey LadyLorraine - 03/09/2009 03:54:21 PM 1106 Views
I've always thought of her as Mercedes Lacking... Antigone - 12/10/2009 04:46:03 PM 1323 Views
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Eric Garcia grogg0316 - 03/09/2009 06:35:11 PM 1120 Views
You've been pimping these books for... getting close to a decade now? Jacob - 22/12/2009 05:26:04 PM 980 Views
Angelslayer maraude - 04/09/2009 12:13:51 AM 949 Views
For younger people: Nicholson's Wind on Fire trilogy IndigoAjah - 04/09/2009 01:06:08 AM 1064 Views
Not even just for younger people! Nicholson wrote the Gladiator screenplay Perdita - 04/09/2009 09:32:42 AM 1216 Views
The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney (Spook's Apprentice in the UK) Bryce - 04/09/2009 01:22:43 AM 1111 Views
For this board? Larry - 04/09/2009 07:09:00 AM 1088 Views
I've read three of those and have plans to read maybe 10 of the others. Chas - 04/09/2009 02:22:42 PM 1076 Views
Re: J. G. Ballard wrote more than SF! And they were all awesome! Danae al'Thor - 04/09/2009 03:37:02 PM 1234 Views
I've read three and am on a fourth. Craig - 05/09/2009 01:54:49 AM 1085 Views
Thanks Larry. Seriana Sedai - 13/09/2009 10:22:57 PM 1006 Views
Re: All the stuff that gets called "Magical Realism". Stupid post-colonial conservatives. Danae al'Thor - 04/09/2009 03:49:43 PM 1051 Views
which C J Cherryh have you read random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:22:50 PM 965 Views
I need a My Favorites button!! *NM* nossy - 04/09/2009 05:53:51 PM 582 Views
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Mmm Gerald Tarrant. *NM* rebelaessedai - 05/09/2009 09:13:23 PM 491 Views
I liked the Madnedd Season as well *NM* random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:51:37 PM 591 Views
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Memory, sorrow and thorn ironclad - 08/09/2009 03:09:49 PM 939 Views
Bleah. Joel - 14/09/2009 09:59:21 AM 1049 Views
Not one book but the whole Historical fantasy genre is sorta unappreciated..... *NM* Murtach74 - 08/09/2009 09:44:36 PM 600 Views
Watership Down random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:35:51 PM 1041 Views
That is a very good book, indeed. *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:10:07 PM 573 Views
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They're good Craig - 05/10/2009 12:39:35 AM 1063 Views
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The Gone-Away World. Seriously, people Camilla - 11/12/2009 09:26:22 PM 942 Views
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