ChillyPolly Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 I don't remember right now which version I've read, but Gilgamesh is actually considered to be the oldest work of written literature that survived to this day, and that's part of why it's considered such an important story, more than just the flood account. Also, I think the story itself is very good, dealing with themes like challenging of the gods and accepting one owns mortality. It is not its age that I question. Nor is it its quality that I question. It is both combined. To the extent that it is a modern reconstruction/recreation, I am unsure that it is old. And to the extent that it is old, I am unsure we know enough about it to judge its quality or appreciate it as literature. But anyhow, it is on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 I assumed it meant Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. It's not one I've read though so not sure if it has fantastical elements or not The ghost of Caesar appears to Brutus in Act IV, while Brutus is half-asleep in his tent. It is, I suppose, ambiguous as to whether this is an actual supernatural manifestation, as opposed to a dream vision driven by guilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 GRRM just made a comment that he is reading, and enjoying, a sea story collection by William Hope Hodgson. I don't know what collection he is referring to, but I added MEN OF THE DEEP WATERS (1914) to the list. Of course, THE GHOST PIRATES and THE BOATS OF THE "GLEN CARRIG" are also sea novels. I'm thinking Herodotus might belong on the list, but I haven't read much of him. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo498 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Herodotus himself claims that this is "real history" although he of course recounts a lot of myths and fantastic stories. But unlike explicit mythological stories and the like they are certainly presented as real and actual histories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 GRRM just made a comment that he is reading, and enjoying, a sea story collection by William Hope Hodgson. I don't know what collection he is referring to, but I added MEN OF THE DEEP WATERS (1914) to the list. Of course, THE GHOST PIRATES and THE BOATS OF THE "GLEN CARRIG" are also sea novels. I wonder if Martin has read The Night Land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I wonder if Martin has read The Night Land. Some of the travelogues almost read like they were inspired by it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slant Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 epic thread :cool4: There is some non modern fantasy in Tales before Tolkein, a collection of fantasy writing E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Frank R. Stockton, Austin Tappen Wright some authors not mentioned in this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Herodotus himself claims that this is "real history" although he of course recounts a lot of myths and fantastic stories. But unlike explicit mythological stories and the like they are certainly presented as real and actual histories. Sounds like it may qualify as "literature of the fantastic" (even if it is not "fiction of the fantastic"). The giant furry gold-digging ants certainly seem fantastic. Lots of prophesies, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Ivanhoe is a wonderful book. Totally not what I expected and fantastic in a knights and chivalry sort of way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Ivanhoe is a wonderful book. Totally not what I expected and fantastic in a knights and chivalry sort of way... I agree. Ivanhoe is a hoot from beginning to end, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Some of the travelogues almost read like they were inspired by it ;) :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Somnium by Johannes Kepler (1634) The Man in the Moone by Francis Godwin (1638) Across the Zodiac by Percy Greg (1880) A Plunge Into Space by Robert Cromie (1890) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Somnium by Johannes Kepler (1634) The Man in the Moone by Francis Godwin (1638) Across the Zodiac by Percy Greg (1880) A Plunge Into Space by Robert Cromie (1890) I added these. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 By the By: A Historical Romance of the Future by Edward Maitland (1873) Annals of the Twenty-Ninth Century by Andrew Blair (1874) The Great Romance by Anonymous (1881) The Diothas by John Macnie (1883) Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy (1888) Anno Domini 2000 by Julius Vogel (1889) Sub-Coelum by A.P. Russell (1893) A Journey In Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV (1894) Journey to Mars by Gustavus W. Pope (1894) Journey to Venus by Gustavus W. Pope (1895) The Militionaire by A,W. Howard (c. 1895) A Prophetic Romance by John McCoy (1896) Arqtiq by Anna Adolph (1899) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Erewhon by Samuel Butler (1872) News from Nowhere by William Morris (1890) Phew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Dear god, I think I've stumbled down a rabbit warren Douglas Duane by Edgar Fawcett (1888) Solarion by Edgar Fawcett (1889) The Angel of Revolution by George Griffith (1893) Olga Romanoff by George Griffith (1894) TheGhost of Guy Thyrle by Edgar Fawcett (1895) The Incubated Girl by Fred T. Jane (1896) To Venus in Five Seconds by Fred T. Jane (1897) The Violet Flame by Fred T. Jane (1899) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 epic thread :cool4: There is some non modern fantasy in Tales before Tolkein, a collection of fantasy writing E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Frank R. Stockton, Austin Tappen Wright some authors not mentioned in this thread I just added several items from that collection. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaBrevis Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Edward Bulwer-Lytton - A Strange Story (1862) - The Coming Race (1871) Richard Jefferies - After London (1885) edit: Lafcadio Hearn - Kwaidan (1903) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unworried well Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Also, can you suggest a work by Blake that qualifies? 'Milton'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slant Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Jataka Tales, 4th century BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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