![]() |
#16 |
Grand Sorcerer
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 28,412
Karma: 203720150
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#17 |
Omnivorous
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 3,283
Karma: 27978909
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Rural NW Oregon
Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1
|
Yep... The isn't really the One True™ 50 Essential Epic Fantasies. Just the top 50 of what they have read. Given that limitation, I still say it's a pretty good list. It's add a couple authors I didn't even know about.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#18 | |
Grand Sorcerer
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 28,412
Karma: 203720150
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD
|
Quote:
It's fun for me to see what the "voices of the genre blog scene" see as essential. Especially as those voices get younger and younger. I've come to appreciate what both Jared (and Anne) and Justin have to say about books and authors in general. And finalists for the prestigious Kitschie awards are making their way onto my TBR list more and more frequently. ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#19 | |
Grand Sorcerer
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 19,226
Karma: 67780237
Join Date: Jul 2011
Device: none
|
Quote:
![]() I've read a few of the options, but not many. I've managed to free myself from the fantasy section at the bookstore. I browse, but I don't buy and I think the two year hiatus from most things long and epic has been good. I am piling up things to potentially read, but I don't think I'll lose myself in years of books written by people named Terry as much. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#20 |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 2,724
Karma: 75825105
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PDXish
Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#21 |
Guru
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 891
Karma: 8893661
Join Date: Feb 2012
Device: Kindle
|
Mr. Cloth is phenomenal.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#22 |
DRM hater
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 945
Karma: 2066176
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Device: Nook ST glow, Kindle Voyage
|
Coming up with 50 would be tough but I could probably do it. I'm not too well caught up on modern fantasy series but I've been reading some lately.
I'll be perusing the lists again later and adding some stuff to my wishlists. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#23 |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 1,258
Karma: 3439432
Join Date: Feb 2008
Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12
|
The lists need a rule #5: No Extruded Fantasy Product (EFP), and a Rule #6, written since Lindsay's _A Voyage to Arcturus_ to cut out the listing of folkore works.
I'd also change Rule #3 to be ``list only one milieu's worth of books for a given author'', so that for Tolkien, one would list The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales and The Children of Hurin (and completionists may go on to read all the volumes of The Complete History of Middle Earth), and rather than allow Michael Moorcock to slip in everything w/ his ``Eternal Champion Multiverse'' we'd limit him to just The tales of Elric of Melniboné w/a note that people may go on to read the balance of the Eternal Champion books. - Jack Vance's Lyonesse Trilogy or his Dying Earth books, needs to be on any such list. - ditto for Andre Norton's Witchworld - for the Arthurian representation, I'd've picked Steinbeck's _The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights_ There are a few other books which I'm surprised to not see on any of the lists. Books I was glad to see listed: - Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword - Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter - Lovecraft's Dream of Unknown Kaddath - Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising - LeGuin's Earthsea Trilogy - Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown Mildly surprised that Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series made it on one list --- this series started off quite strongly, but then really lost it for me when the god of War book didn't live up to the promise of Ares in the preceding volume. Last edited by WillAdams; 06-13-2013 at 02:50 PM. Reason: add rule #6 and Steinbeck |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#24 |
Omnivorous
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 3,283
Karma: 27978909
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Rural NW Oregon
Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1
|
Sigh... And rule 3 says they can only list books they've actually read.
We can all put together our favorite lists. It's been done here time and again and I can usually find something that's been missed from my favorites. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#25 | |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 1,370
Karma: 6957792
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Ottawa, ON
Device: Kobo H2O
|
Quote:
![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#26 | |
Grand Sorcerer
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 28,412
Karma: 203720150
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD
|
Quote:
![]() Last edited by DiapDealer; 06-13-2013 at 04:36 PM. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#27 | |
Omnivorous
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 3,283
Karma: 27978909
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Rural NW Oregon
Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1
|
Quote:
Here is a good start. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#28 |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 1,370
Karma: 6957792
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Ottawa, ON
Device: Kobo H2O
|
But those are individual's lists. I would like one list of fantasies voted on by MR users. I suppose you could tally up each person's list, but that doesn't include those who have never recommended anything. I think one communal list for fantasy was attempted once, but I can't find the thread at the moment.
We could use Goodreads' listopia, but that would exclude anyone who wasn't a GR user. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#29 |
Omnivorous
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 3,283
Karma: 27978909
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Rural NW Oregon
Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#30 |
Grand Sorcerer
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 28,412
Karma: 203720150
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Fantasies on ereaders of the future | ghero | General Discussions | 35 | 06-18-2013 07:54 PM |
I want some comic fantasies | GERGE | Reading Recommendations | 22 | 12-08-2010 03:54 PM |
Fantasies of Steven Erikson | Dr. Drib | Reading Recommendations | 17 | 05-27-2010 10:56 PM |
Fantasy Merritt, A.: Collected Fantasies of A. Merritt. v1. 29 May 07 | Dr. Drib | BBeB/LRF Books | 0 | 05-29-2007 09:03 PM |