Damelon Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Another vote for Gormenghast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 That "on fire with hate" guy that was all about his stuff being the best thing since Lies of Locke Lamora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, larrytheimp said: That "on fire with hate" guy that was all about his stuff being the best thing since Lies of Locke Lamora Didn't that turn out to be a poster here who was taking the piss? Also I feel like Tad Williams prose doesn't get enough love. MS&T in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello World Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Gormenghast and the Worm Ouroboros as said above. The Lord of the Rings and, in case it qualifies, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Lilith by George MacDonald 1895 The Well At The End Of The World by William Morris 1896. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 On 8/26/2017 at 9:44 AM, Larry. said: Gabriel García Márquez, Cien años de soledad Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciónes Julio Cortázar, Rayuela Angélica Gorodischer, Kalpa Imperial David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas Zoran Živković, The Five Wonders of the Danube And several others already listed. Doubtless forgetting a few dozen. I’m not sure I remember any fantastical elements in Hopscotch. I’m actually surprised that this thread hasn’t yet descended into a flame war over what constitutes “fantasy”. Is One Hundred Years of Solitude fantasy? How about The Master and Margarita? Magister Ludi? Blindness, Midnight’s Children, The Tin Drum? If so, then Peake and Wolfe are way down the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 Mythago Woods by Robert Holdsotck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 18/11/2017 at 11:06 PM, GAROVORKIN said: Mythago Woods by Robert Holdsotck I'd say that Lavondyss by the same author would also heavily qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 4 hours ago, Werthead said: I'd say that Lavondyss by the same author would also heavily qualify. Robert Holdstock was a great writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.T. Phipps Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 The Lord of the Rings. *ducks* Dune because Dune. I argue everything after was progressively worse, though. Snow Crash despite the fact it's an enormous pisstake of a genre which wasn't that serious to begin with. Phillip K. Dick's entire workload 2001: A Space Odyssey Weirdly, not Stranger in a Strange Land or Starship Troopers but The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 The Once and Future King by T H White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 The Forgotten Beast of Eld by Patricia McKillip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers The Anubis Gates by Tim Power The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers Declare by Tim Powers On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 The literate part of me would like the title of the thread to be amended from "literate" to "literary"! On a less trollish note, I would second Jonathan Strange and Snow Crash, and I would add Simmons' Hyperion. Overall, there seem to be more obviously "literary" works of science fiction than fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Did everyone already say Mieville? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End of Disc One Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Mistborn: The Final Empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello World Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 2 hours ago, End of Disc One said: Mistborn: The Final Empire ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 47 minutes ago, Hello World said: ?? Yeah what? I am by no means one of the Sanderson haters, but, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Yeah, that's an interesting one. As the thread is revived, lots of really good names here. Harrison, Mieville, Peake, McKillip, Powers, etc. Cathrynne M. Valente's The Orphan's Tale and Palimpsest come to mind as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End of Disc One Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 My shitpost could not have been any lazier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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