I personally recommend Lord Dunsany. His writings have such a mythical feel to them. Of course, Andre Norton's material is also indispensable as well.
So my top suggestions are:
1) anything by Lord Dunsany,
2) the writings of Andre Norton pre-1980.
Reading Appendix N
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Re: Reading Appendix N
Just read this one about a month ago. It was fun. The new Neal Stephenson book has me distracted from Appendix N, stuff, but I have the "at worlds end" series and the L. Sprague "roman time travel" book queued up. (don't have the book in front of me, so I can't remember the name... ). I found another book by him called the Black Colossus of Rhodes, which is more historical fiction, but looks pretty interesting, too. So, I'll throw that one in.goodmangames wrote:And a belated update with a few more. I am partway through a stack of short-story books at the moment so the next update will be when they're all finally finished. In the meantime, crossed another few off the list...
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Re: Reading Appendix N
The Mars books have always been a favorite (and even moreso, the Tarzan books). What amazes me about the Mars books (and makes the 13 year old in me giggle a bit) is that everyone is essentially nekkid...goodmangames wrote:Finished up the Amber series and the first three Mars books by Burroughs. Amber was great, but Burroughs was better. WOW! Talk about action-adventure. And probably the first published use of the word "fighting-man," way back in 1912. Now I understand where the fighter came from!
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Re: Reading Appendix N
Also, another series that's not Appendix N, is the Demon King / Warrior King / Seer King series by Chris Bunch. It wasn't a great series, but very readable and has a pretty cool "patron magic" system that fits right in.
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Re: Reading Appendix N
I have a feeling they'll be changing that for the movie...ragboy wrote: is that everyone is essentially nekkid...
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