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Growing
up, I was reading Lloyd
Alexander's Prydain series, anything by Madeleine
L'Engle, and everything by J.
R. R. Tolkien. Mary
Stewart's Crystal Cave basically ruined me for all
other Arthurian work. Also, I remember being totally obsessed
with Robert Lynn
Asprin's Thieves' World.
By
the time I had hit my early teens, I was reading Peter
Beagle, Tanith
Lee and Anne Rice.
I read Tales from the Flat Earth: Lords of Darkness to
tatters. During this period, I also discovered Michael
Moorcock's Elric.
As
to the recommendations in the boxes accompanying the text, please
note that I would probably advise you read absolutely everything
by most of these authors, but for brevity's sake, am only
picking out some favorites. |
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Recommended
Reading
Lloyd
Alexander: The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron,
Taran Wanderer, The High King.
Madeleine
L' Engle: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind at the Door,
A Swiftly Tilting Planet.
Mary
Stewart: The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills,
The Last Enchantment.
Peter
Beagle: The Last Unicorn, Folk of the Air,
Giant Bones.
Tanith
Lee: Red as Blood or Tales from the Sister's Grimmer,
Tales from the Flat Earth.
Anne
Rice: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire
Lestat, The Mummy.
Michael
Moorcock: Stormbringer. |
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Reading
Neil
Gaiman: Sandman: Season of Mists, Stardust,
Coraline.
Charles
de Lint: Jack of Kinrowan, The Ivory and the Horn,
Dreams Underfoot.
Emma
Bull: War for the Oaks, Finder.
Ellen
Kushner: Swordspoint, Thomas the Rhymer, Fall
of the Kings.
Delia
Sherman: The Porcelain Dove, Fall of the Kings.
Anthologies:
Snow White, Blood Red; The Essential Bordertown. |
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| In
college, I discovered the world of comic books and through it,
Neil Gaiman and Sandman.
Through
various anthologies, I started reading Charles
de Lint, Emma
Bull, Ellen
Kushner, and Delia Sherman. I found and read the Borderlands
series. My reading strayed further and further from epic fantasy.
It
was also during this period that I was studying a great deal
of classical literature, particularly Yeats, Milton, Spencer,
Joyce, and Nabokov. But I'm not going to even start on that
sort of recommendation.
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| Oddly,
my travels brought me back to reading and writing young adult
literature. I found new favorite writers, including Garth
Nix, Lemony Snicket,
Gail
Carson Levine, Francesca
Lia Block, Megan
Whalen Turner, Franny
Billingsley and Annette
Curtis Klause.
There
are also some great authors that I missed my first time around,
such as Susan
Cooper and Diana
Wynne Jones.
And,
although I could probably go on and on with recommendations
for favorite books, but I will stop for now. However, I expect
it to expand again soon. |
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| Recommended
Reading
Garth
Nix: Sabriel, Lirael.
Lemony
Snicket: Series of Unfortunate Events.
Gail
Carson Levine: Ella Enchanted.
Francesca
Lia Block: Dangerous Angels.
Megan
Whalen Turner: The Thief, The Queen of Attolia.
Franny
Billingsley: The Folk Keeper.
Annette
Curtis Klause: The Silver Kiss, Blood and Chocolate.
Susan
Cooper: The Dark is Rising, Greenwitch
Diana
Wynne Jones: Howl's Moving Castle |
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