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22271624 No.22271624 [Reply] [Original]

name a better fantasy book, you can't

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>>22271624

>> No.22271672

>>22271624
Ghastengorm

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>>22271624
>Harold Bloom included this work in his book The Western Canon, calling it "A neglected masterpiece. The closest achievement we have to the Alice stories of Lewis Carroll."
>Thomas M. Disch described Little, Big as "the best fantasy novel ever. Period."
> Ursula K. Le Guin wrote that Little, Big is "a book that all by itself calls for a redefinition of fantasy."

>> No.22271702

Wizard Knight, by Gene Wolfe.

>> No.22271756

My diary, desu,

>> No.22271767

>>22271624
>Wizard Knight duology and Book of the New Sun, both by Gene Wolfe.
>Space Trilogy by CS Lewis.
>Baudolino by Umberto Eco.
>The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Lainez.

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The King of Elfland's Daughter
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61077

>> No.22273051

>>22271702
>>22271767
I've read the Wizard Knight and while I enjoyed it, I don't understand its reputation. What's so remarkable about it?