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Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:23:15 2014 No.4525314 [Reply] [Original]

Which authors should I look for when browsing for fantasy literature? I'm starting my venture in fantasy lit and would like some help for starters.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:36:14 2014 No.4525334 Tokien is essential. /lit/ also has a hard on for Gene Wolfe.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:38:15 2014 No.4525336 >>4525334 I've already started reading the book but I can't seem to find any hardcopies at my local store. Any more to mention?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:38:15 2014 No.4525337 File: 38 KB, 577x1024, 1389588243932.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] read 'little, big' by john crowley patrician fantasy

Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:42:32 2014 No.4525341

>>4525314

I havent read much fantasy but i just browsed through the fantasy masterworks republishing series by Gollancz and put on my to-read list:

The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales (Fantasy Masterworks #50)
by Rudyard Kipling

A Voyage to Arcturus
by David Lindsay

Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams
by C.L. Moore

The Land of Laughs
by Jonathan Carroll

The Emperor of Dreams
by Clark Ashton Smith

The Worm Ouroboros
by E.R. Eddison

The King of Elfland's Daughter
by Lord Dunsany

Little, Big
by John Crowley

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:43:32 2014 No.4525343 File: 188 KB, 707x1000, 1389280184643.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Also any titles with fairies in them?

>>	kitty !kitty/EnNg Sat Feb 1 01:47:32 2014 No.4525345 >>4525341 i haven't even heard about those and i read quite a few fantasy books hint, it won't probably tell you much about real fantasy apart from how it's seen by some jerks who compiled that list

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:48:32 2014 No.4525347 you like monster girls because being part animal makes them inferior and therefore less threatening

Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:49:32 2014 No.4525349

>>4525336

Well, these are a few of my personal favorites:

His Dark Materials: young adult series (think Harry Potter), but probably the best I've read in its genre.

The Conan Chronicles: a collection of short stories and a novel featuring the original barbarian. Amazing pulp fiction.

The Once and Future King: King Arthur retold for the 20th century. This reads more like a fairy tail than "epic fantasy", so if you're into grim and gritty you might want to look into Cornwell or something.

The Princess Bride: a postmodern fairy tail. You've probably seen the movie. The book is just as good.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:50:31 2014 No.4525350 File: 94 KB, 553x679, monster girl.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4525347 women are inferior though

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:51:31 2014 No.4525351 >>4525343 see >>4525337 >>4525345 You haven't heard of Clark Ashton Smith and The Worm Ouroboros?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:51:31 2014 No.4525357 >>4525347 No. I just think harpies are rad and should continue ripping up people like in mythologies.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:51:31 2014 No.4525354 >>4525345 >hint, it won't probably tell you much about real fantasy apart from how it's seen by some jerks who compiled that list they re-publish books that are mostly out of print which were acclaimed in their time, but I dont know if they good

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:52:31 2014 No.4525360 File: 96 KB, 500x613, 1390990453814.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4525345 >trying to talk about real fantasy >hasn't read 'little, big' yet lol swerve

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:53:31 2014 No.4525362 >>4525337 >>4525341 >>4525351 That's a nice compilation already. I'll keep these in mind when I check the bookstore again. Thanks.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:53:31 2014 No.4525363 File: 512 KB, 1000x761, naga.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4525350 H N N N G

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:54:31 2014 No.4525365 >>4525349 Conan stories are absolutely wonderful. I even like the recent(2006) Conan comics by Kurt Busiek, which includes a couple of REH adaptations. Busiek does a great job at writing Conan and it's worth looking into if you're a fan of the books.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 01:54:31 2014 No.4525367 File: 90 KB, 802x394, 1385859650529.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4525357 accept the truth

>>	kitty !kitty/EnNg Sat Feb 1 02:10:32 2014 No.4525380 >>4525351 i read several clark ashton smith' short stories, they were not even fantasy, just some horror science fiction based on mars

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 1 02:14:32 2014 No.4525381 >>4525380 >they were not even fantasy, just some horror science fiction based on mars but thats fantasy, we dont live on mars getting spooked

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