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King Of The Swords (King of the Swords) 4 reviews Michael Moorcock
Berkley, 1986
Elric I love, but Corum is better...
+ Super Reader + Elric I love, but Corum is better...
I picked up this book at a book sale because it was by Michael Moorcock, writer of the Elric 'saga'. I read it and found myself completely entwined in this other similar yet totally different series about Law vs. Chaos. The ending made me laugh, the characters were as beautiful as anything in all ...
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The Book of Jhereg 90 reviews Steven Brust
Ace Trade, 1999
Urban Fantasy Pioneer
+ A very good book with only a few problems + First rate fantasy (and wit) + It ain't easy killing people + great series
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Interview with the Vampire 577 reviews Anne Rice
Ballantine Books, 1991
A World Beyond Your Mind's Eyes
+ Tower of Imagination + Love and Angst for all Eternity + vampire legend made real
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Dracula (Enriched Classics Series) 17 reviews Bram Stoker
Pocket, 2003
Excellent book
+ Dracula... Spooky Social Commentary + A True Classic + Amazing, Thrilling Tale
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Anno Dracula 24 reviews Kim Newman
Avon Books (Mm), 1994
Super Reader
+ Fangtastic + Alternate "History" -- Dracula Meets Jack the Ripper!
An excellent book. Kim Newman puts his own spin on a turn around a Wold Newton style universe. He also has a bunch of sneaky 'now who was that' style cameos, a la John Myers Myers' Silverlock.
Dracula has found another way to be in charge in England, by marrying in to the royal family. To ...
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Legend (Drenai Tales, Book 1) 115 reviews David Gemmell
Del Rey, 1994
legendary
+ THis book made of all of Gemmell's books must reads for me... + Live a true fantasy with Gemmell + A Manly Book for Manly Men
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Magician (Riftwar saga) 49 reviews Raymond E. Feist
Collins, 1993
Awesome Read!
+ The best novel ever based on a D&D game + Not Free SF Reader
I was in my teens when this book first came out. I read it and then reread it because it was so good, then read the other books in the series (Silverthron and A Darkness at Sethanon), and then promptly forgot about them as I got into other things. Now, twenty years later, I recently felt the ...
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The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Is Rising Sequence) 159 reviews Susan Cooper
Simon Pulse, 2007
Don't judge these books by the movie !!!
+ An Interesting and Welcome Second in the Series + The second (and best) in the Dark is Rising sequence!
This series of books (especially, The Dark is Rising) is one of my favorites. The recent movie, The Seeker, based on The Dark is Rising, did not do the book justice. The moviemakers attempt to modernize the story, take out some of the mythological aspects, and add in some teenage angst ...
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Perdido Street Station 264 reviews China Mieville
Del Rey, 2003
Not your typical fantasy (Thank God!)
+ Rewarding fantasy world for those who have the patience + Thick, Unsavory and Wonderful
For the past 30 years or so, the fantasy genre has, with the exception of a few great works from a few great authors, mired itself in a situation where it has become unimaginative and unoriginal where works have become practically clones of each other. In recent years though, a few inspired souls ...
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Jhereg 2: Yendi Steven Brust
Ace, 1984
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Dragon In Sword (Dragon in the Sword) 4 reviews Michael Moorcock
Ace, 1987
Erekose in Waterworld
+ Super Reader + This book does not dissappoint. + Best of the three John Daker stories
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Watership Down: A Novel 951 reviews Richard Adams
Scribner, 2005
The best of the hardcover editions
+ A Classis Adventure Story + Yes , Rabbits! + Watership Down + Not for young children, but teenagers and adults will enjoy it.
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The Colour of Magic (Discworld Novels) 222 reviews Terry Pratchett
Dufour Editions, 1990
Excellent!
+ Oh magic, how freakishly wonderful are thou...such possibilities! + Saved a Road trip - Part 1
This is an extraordinary book, an excellent piece of work indeed, so amusing and full of details. And full of magic!! It's amazing to see from how many "near-death experiences" the two main characters get away hahahahhahahaha you can't help but laugh, it is very good. And to think that one of the ...
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War for the Oaks: A Novel 60 reviews Emma Bull
Orb Books, 2001
A Real Keeper
+ First and still favorite fantasy + Great Urban Faery + Not Free SF Reader + Phoukas, magic and rock and roll, oh my!
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The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10 (Chronicles of Amber) 211 reviews Roger Zelazny
Eos, 1999
The Chronicles of Amber
+ Amber + Somewhat uneven + The most fun I've had sitting down! + First Half, Amazing, Second Half, Not So Much
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Jhereg 2: Yendi Steven Brust
Ace, 1984
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The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10 (Chronicles of Amber) 211 reviews Roger Zelazny
Eos, 1999
The Chronicles of Amber
+ Amber + Somewhat uneven + The most fun I've had sitting down! + First Half, Amazing, Second Half, Not So Much
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The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Is Rising Sequence) 159 reviews Susan Cooper
Simon Pulse, 2007
Don't judge these books by the movie !!!
+ An Interesting and Welcome Second in the Series + The second (and best) in the Dark is Rising sequence!
This series of books (especially, The Dark is Rising) is one of my favorites. The recent movie, The Seeker, based on The Dark is Rising, did not do the book justice. The moviemakers attempt to modernize the story, take out some of the mythological aspects, and add in some teenage angst ...
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The Book of Jhereg 90 reviews Steven Brust
Ace Trade, 1999
Urban Fantasy Pioneer
+ A very good book with only a few problems + First rate fantasy (and wit) + It ain't easy killing people + great series
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Legend (Drenai Tales, Book 1) 115 reviews David Gemmell
Del Rey, 1994
legendary
+ THis book made of all of Gemmell's books must reads for me... + Live a true fantasy with Gemmell + A Manly Book for Manly Men
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