Thursday, March 28, 2013
Classic Reading List
Golly, I hope the formatting holds on this. My sincere apologies if it doesn't.
Classic Fantasy
Recommended Reading List
Although many respectable works that need no reintroduction have been left off, the following list is an attempt to bring to light a portion of the rich legacy of fantasy literature. You'll notice a good deal of science fiction and horror have crept in—illustrating that, while there is not room for fantasy in sci-fi or horror, there is room in the fantasy genre for everything. Consider it, if you will, a brief history of lost or forgotten works. How many have you read?
Please email me (mkeaton@archangelpress.net) if you find any goofs or believe I've left something off that absolutely must be considered for future lists.
Orlando Furioso Arosto, Ludovico
The Foundation Trilogy Asimov, Isaac
A House-Boat on the Styx Bangs, John Dendrick
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Baum, L. Frank
The Stars Are My Destination
The Demolition Man Bester, Alfred
A Case of Conscience Blish, James
The Sorcerer's Ship
Beyond the Golden Stair Box, Hannes
Stand on Zanzibar Brunner, John
A Princess of Mars
Tarzan Burroughs, Edgar Rice
The Biography of Manuel
The Cream Of The Jest
Jurgen
Domnei Cabell, James Branch
War With the Newts Capek, Karel
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Carroll, Lewis
Thongor Against The Gods (see also the Flashing Swords! anthologies with Lin as editor) Carter, Lin
Red Moon And Black Mountain Chant, Joy
Fancies and Goodnight Collier, John
They'd Rather Be Right (w/Frank Riley) Clifton, Mark
The Phoenix And The Mirror
Collected Fantasies Davidson, Avram
Babel-17
The Einstein Intersection Delaney, Samuel R.
Lest Darkness Fall (possibly the first ‘alternate history’ novel) de Camp, L. Spraque
Don Quixote de Cervantes, Miguel
The Man in the High Castle Dick, Philip K.
The Lost World (see also the two sequels
The Poison Belt and The Land of Mist) Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The King of Elfand's Daughter
At The Edge Of The World
Beyond The Fields We Know
Don Rodriguez: The Chronicles Of Shadow Valley
The Charwoman's Shadow Dunsany, Lord
The Worm Ouroboros
Mistress Of Mistresses Eddison, Eric Rucker
To Your Scattered Bodies Go Farmer, Philip Jose
The Moon Of Gomrath Garner, Alan
The Serpent
Atlan
The City Gaskell,Jane
She
The World's Desire (w/Andrew Lang) Haggard, H. Rider
The Forever War Haldeman, Joe
Greyfax Grimwald Hancock, Niel
Double Star
Starship Troopers
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Heinlein, Robert A.
Dune Herbert, Frank
Conan the Barbarian Howard, Robert
The Lost Continent Hyne, C. J. Cutliffe
Flowers for Algernon Kayes, Daniel
Walkers On The Sky Lake, David J.
The ‘Color’ Fairy Books Lang, Andrew
The Left Hand of Darkness LeGuin, Ursula K.
Swords And Deviltry
Gather, Darkness!
The Big Time
The Wanderer Leiber, Fritz
Out of the Silent Planet (see also the two
sequels Perlandra and That Hideous Strength) Lewis, C. S.
Vril:The Power of the Coming Race Lytton, Edward
The Princess and the Goblin MacDonald, George
The Moon Pool
The Metal Monster
The Ship Of Ishtar
Face In The Abyss
Dwellers In The Mirage Merritt, A.
A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M., Jr.
Paradise Lost Milton, John
Lud-in-the-Mist Mirrlees, Hope
The Knight Of The Swords
Stormbringer
The Jewel In The Skull
The Chronicles of Corum Moorcock, Michael
Jirel Of Joiry Moore, C. L
The Chalchiuhite Dragon Morris Kenneth
The Glittering Plain
The Water Of The Wondrous Isles
The Sundering Flood
Three Works
The Well at the World's End
The Wood Beyond The World Morris, William
Ringworld Niven, Larry
A Mirror for Observers Pangborn, Edgar
Rite of Passage Panshin, Alexei
Gormenghast
Titus Alone Peake, Mervyn
The Space Merchants Pohl, Fredrik
The Blue Star
Land Of Unreason (w/L. Sprague de Camp) Pratt Fletcher
A Time of Changes Silverberg, Robert
City
Way Station Simak, Clifford D.
Hyperborea Smith, Clark Ashton
The Lensman Series Smith, E.E. Doc
Witch Queen Of Lochlann Smith,George Henry
The Faerie Queene Spenser, Edmund
Armor Steakly, John
Earth Abides Stewart, George R.
E Pluribus Unicorn (short stories)
More Than Human Sturgeon, Theodore
Day Of The Minotaur
The Weirwoods
Green Phoenix
Wolfwinter
Lady Of The Bees
Cry Silver Bells Swann, Thomas Burnett
La Gerusalemme liberata Tasso, Torquato
The Dying Earth Vance,Jack
Slan Van Vogt, A.E.
The Island Of The Mighty
The Song Of Rhiannon
Prince Of Annwn
The Children Of Llyr Walton, Evangeline
We Zamyatin, Yevgeny
Nine Princes In Amber
Jack Of Shadows
This Immortal
Lord of Light Zelazny, Roger
The Odyssey Homer
The Illiad
Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision
(1977) Scholes, Robert and Eric S. Rabkin, Oxford University Press
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