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<blockquote data-quote="Morkul" data-source="post: 5304509" data-attributes="member: 94404"><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicshobberdy" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">Hobberdy Dick</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicshobbit" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">The Hobbit</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicsdunsany" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">The Books of Wonder</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicsaveroigne" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">Tales of Averoigne</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicsbook3dragons" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">The Book of Three Dragons</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicswatership" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">Watership Down</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicsnightland" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">The Night Land</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicsfacefrost" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">The Face in the Frost</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicswizardearthsea" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">A Wizard of Earthsea</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicsdreamquest" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicworm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">The Worm Ouroboros</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classics8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">Bridge of Birds</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classics3" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">A Voyage to Arcturus</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/silverlock" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">Silverlock</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicsoffantasy" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/ghoststories" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">Collected Ghost Stories</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classics2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">The Forgotten Beasts of Eld</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/dnd/classics" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99">The Well at the World's End</span></a><!-- google_ad_section_end --></p><p></p><p>never heard of some of these. Bridge of Birds has no business being on this list. it was good, but not great. there was a book from around that time called <em>Little, Big</em> by John Crowley that was much better...</p><p> </p><p>for those interested in classic fantasy, there was a series put our by Ballantine (1969-1972 or so) called the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, all paperbacks with amazing glossy wraparound covers...</p><p> </p><p>i have been going thru the sci-fi/fantasy sections of local used book stores for many years, picking out the oldest books they have. not only are they cheaper, but the overall design of older books is much more appealing to me. about seven or eight years ago, i came across the Ballantine Adult Fantasy paperbacks <em>The Blue Star</em> by Fletcher Pratt and <em>A Voyage to Arcturus</em> by David Lindsay. needless to say, i have been collecting that series ever since. i have 30 or so of them at this time, including some of the books on this list...</p></blockquote><p></p>
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