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I read gormenghast et al in the 1950's. Perhaps this is a book I should re-read. I remember sort of liking it enough to read the sequels, but being a tad puzzled at times. A bit dark in spots for someone in grades 5-6?
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If you like older books, I would recommend The Worm Ourobouros by E.R. Eddison and The Well at the World's End by William Morris.
Also don't forget Roger Zelazny's Amber books, Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword, The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle, Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirlees, The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft, The Blue Star and The Well of the Unicorn by Fletcher Pratt. |
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There's a nice illustrated eBook of the Gormenghast trilogy available.
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I'm on book 9 of the 10 book series (which also includes additional books by the co-creator, Ian Essemont). Also, if you are interested, the one series i think that really inspired Erikson to do the Malazan saga was Glen Cook's out of print series The Black Company. Gritty high fantasy. That too does not follow the traditional conventions of the genre. Happy reading! |
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Let me in turn second the Black Company then, which was probably the spearhead for the gritty and realistic segment of today's Fantasy. Or at least it was the first such that I encountered.
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If you like Glen Cook you might also like Simon R. Green. (probably I have said this before
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Gene Wolfe. He isn't everyone's cup of tea but when he's "on" he's world class. Even some of his SF is really fantasy to me. Maybe the series starting with Shadow of the Torturer?
Or Neil Gaiman? American Gods. The Graveyard Book. None of these is a traditional hero's journey. |
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I just started the 'Torchwood' series of books. If you never heard of Torchwood, it's a spin-off of Doctor Who and is more adult. I'm on the first book called 'Another Life' written by Peter Anghelides. I was able to get a few of them on tape from my public library. Amazon has the ebooks from $5 for the oldest to about $10 for the newer. The paperbacks can be had for a lot less used and ebay also has some.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...qid=1330612226 # Title Author Published ISBN 01 Another Life Peter Anghelides 4 January 2007 ISBN 978-0-563-48653-8 02 Border Princes Dan Abnett 4 January 2007 ISBN 978-0-563-48654-8 03 Slow Decay Andy Lane 4 January 2007 ISBN 978-0-563-48655-8 04 Something in the Water Trevor Baxendale 6 March 2008 ISBN 978-1-84607-437-0 05 Trace Memory David Llewellyn 6 March 2008 ISBN 978-1-846-07438-8 06 The Twilight Streets Gary Russell 6 March 2008 ISBN 978-1-84607-439-4 07 Pack Animals Peter Anghelides 16 October 2008 ISBN 978-1-84607-574-2 08 SkyPoint Phil Ford 16 October 2008 ISBN 978-1-84607-575-9 09 Almost Perfect James Goss 16 October 2008 ISBN 978-1-84607-573-5 10 Into the Silence Sarah Pinborough 25 June 2009 ISBN 978-1-84607-753-1 11 Bay of the Dead Mark Morris 25 June 2009 ISBN 978-1-84607-737-1 12 The House that Jack Built Guy Adams 25 June 2009 ISBN 978-1-84607-739-5 13 Risk Assessment James Goss 15 October 2009 ISBN 978-1-84607-783-8 14 The Undertaker's Gift Trevor Baxendale 15 October 2009 ISBN 978-1-84607-782-1 15 Consequences Joseph Lidster, James Moran, Andrew Cartmel, David Llewellyn, Sarah Pinborough 15 October 2009 ISBN 978-1-84607-784-5 16 First Born[2] James Goss 21 July 2011 ISBN 978-1-84990-283-0 17 Long Time Dead[2] Sarah Pinborough 4 August 2011 ISBN 978-1-84990-284-7 18 The Men Who Sold The World[2] Guy Adams 18 August 2011 ISBN 978-1-84990-285-4 |
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It is available in the UK from Gollancz/SFGateway. I don't know where else their rights extend, but it's pretty surprising that it's not available in the US.
It's the later Long Sun that I never managed to finish, though, and that doesn't seem to be available yet. |
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