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I like Steph Swainston. And her books seems to be available as ebooks. Here is the first one:
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9...War/index.aspx Different fantasy and as one reviewer wrote: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfic...rofourwar2.htm Quote:
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I'd recommend the Black Jewels Triliogy by Anne Bishop. It starts with "The Daughter of the Blood"
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Where can you get this Elf Hunter book. I can't find it anywhere. Oh, and I don't buy from Amazon. Anywhere other than there available? |
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Greg Bear's lone fantasy work, Songs of Earth and Power, is a great read.
I haven't read it since I was a kid, but I have fond memories of Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman. Last edited by taosaur; 05-16-2009 at 02:46 PM. |
05-16-2009, 01:48 PM | #67 |
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Another Fantasy novel I would recommend is "Gloriana," by Michael Moorcock. This is VERY much in the mold of Mervyn Peake's "Gormenghast" trilogy which is also very Dickensian.
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I would recommend John Collier's collection of short stories Fancies and Goodnights which won the International Fantasy Award in 1952. Colliers short stories are often humorous and often contain fantastic charaters and devices, such as angels, demons, djinn, gorilla authors, mannequins, and matinée idol fleas. Most are told with a satiric wit.
There are a few stories that aren't fantasy and some of these were produced as episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The best known story is the much anthologized Evening Primrose which was made into a musical for TV by Stephen Sondheim. A word of warning, some editions contain fewer stories than others. The one I have has around 50. If you'd rather read a novel than a collection of short stories, I would recommend Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees. http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/1999/cur9907.htm Last edited by BenG; 05-18-2009 at 09:07 AM. |
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I aggee: Lud-in-the-Mist is a wonderful fantasy novel, one that Lin Carter made available in his Adult Fantasy Series in the late 60s and early 70s. Your link goes to F&SF, by the way. Don |
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The link goes to a review of the book by Neil Gaiman at F&SF.
It was written in 1926 and Michael Swanwick indicates that the book is in the public domain. Apparently she never renewed the copyright, so perhaps I could post the text here. Quote:
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I have the electronic text (in addition to 2 paperbacks) which was posted on a website back in 2000. The website said it was in the public domain as far as they knew, but everybody says that, so I've never posted it.
The book itself seems to have been inspired by Christina Rosetti's poem, The Goblin Market: "We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?" Last edited by BenG; 05-18-2009 at 09:26 AM. |
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It might have (possibly) been in the US public domain in 1970. It isn't now.
It was first published in 1926 in the UK. It was published in the US in 1927. Hope Mirrless was not a US citizen. It was still in copyright in the UK on 1 January 1996 So, looking at http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ It seems to me that in US law it's in copyright until 95 years after publication - that's until 1st Janury 2022 In the UK it's in copyright until 1st January 2049 In Canada it's in copyright until 1st January 2029 |
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it's a gray zone here in the US. If the copyright was pre 1964 and not properly renewed, then the book should be in the public domain. There was a thread a few months ago here about the US court ruling that foreign copyrights existence doesn't force the US copyright back into existence for such cases. But I think it was an appellate and not Supreme court ruling. Project Gutenberg won't touch foreign authors with unrenewed US copyrights. Several Eric Frank Russell books fall under that category... Here's the link https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44346 Last edited by Greg Anos; 05-18-2009 at 11:12 AM. |
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I have the text right now (in lrf) and it's ready to go, if it indeed is in the public domain...However, if you would rather post it, please let me know and I'll defer. I see your link, as you point out, does indeed go the short comment by Gaiman. My apologies. Don |
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