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All you have to know is taht I love Earthsea, yet I think The Left Hand of Darkness is by far Leguin's best and msot important work. A must have in any reputable collection. Groundbreaking Science fiction. |
Classic example of New Wave fantasy, there is a second book that is IMHO much weaker in quality. but teh first book chronicling Corwin's fight for the throne that will take him to The Courts of Chaos is a instant classic. |
The origin of New Weird, requried reading IMHo for fans of Mieville (him and Smith). An affordable taste here |
I don't have any copies of his roiginal work but I read Emperor of Dreams a collection by Fantasy Masterworks, which makes this new from Night Shade something I have to jump on. Smith and Lovecraft did amazing work then. |
IMHO hands down the greatest pure sword.sorcery writer tales ever written. These colelctions are available and higly recommened in various forms. If you like sword/sorcery and never tried Leiber, you don't know what your missing. Farfhd and Gray Mouser is one of the best combo's in fantasy history. |
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Admittedly some of the novels are not as strong as others, but this is a classic. The story of Muad Dibb, and his offspring and the universe they ruled when alive and forever changed is a work of genius. My first print of Dune is probably my favorite aprt of my collection. Not to be confused with the god awful prequel novels written by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert. |
Humanity resurrected (all of it mind you) by the banks of a river where they do not age, and if they perish they reincarnate. Later there were soem other novels released in a shared world format; just a note I have not read those. I don't know of a collected version available, perhaps someone else does:) |
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Largely a Sci-fi work about earth when the Sun is diminishing. |
First person science/fantasy, that if he wasn't considered a master already, established Wolfe as a God of fiction. Severian remains one of the great characters in fantasy/Sci-fi. |
Science Fiction/Fantasy series written by Harrison who has greatly influenced the likes of Mieville and many other authors now. Incredible. Check out what Harrison sayd in an article he wrote at Fantastic Metropolis. A collection of the series here. |
Forget the hacks, true the original has spawned a myriad of nonesense but has also inspired some other great series. This is a classic tale, wonderful world-building/secondary world. The most improtant writer for fantasy publishing and by far the most influential writer in the fantasy, whether the influence was positive or negative understtod. Let's not blame redundancy on the original. A classic, timeless tale. |
Sure the third novel was not up to par, and provides for a interesting read to say the least. This is attributed to Peake's failing health both physically and mentally and was written chiefly from his notes. But the first 2 novels are absolute classics. He also had 2 partially related novels in the series Titus Awakes and Gormenghast Revisited. Peake has immaculate prose and this series features one of the great villains in fiction history Steerpike. Phenomenal work that isnpired many of the current greats in fantasy. |
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