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[~OT] What should I buy? (Long...er than I thought)
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<blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 26439" data-attributes="member: 1057"><p><strong>Books and sech</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sorry, haven't ready any of them lads.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Some suggestions, in a variety of idioms, in sort of chronological order, complete with highly opinionated commentary …</p><p></p><p>Anglo-Saxon Author Unknown: <em>Beowulf.</em> Old-school sword, spear, monster-and-mead-filled mayhem. So good.</p><p>Mary Shelley: <em>Frankenstein.</em> Beyond so good. Genius.</p><p>Edgar Allen Poe: Anything, including his criticism. Weird, haunted, visionary, hallucinatory, lovelorn, psychopathic mystery. Beyond so good. Genius.</p><p>Bram Stoker: <em>Dracula.</em> Vampire as disease metaphor, vampire as sex metaphor, vampire as class struggle metaphor, vampire as foreign outsider metaphor, vampire as age metaphor. Wow, that’s a lot of vampire for (about) eight bucks (paperback). So good.</p><p>H.P. Lovecraft: Anything, including his criticism. Weird, terrifying, watch-your-brains-pour-out-and-pool-on-the-floor-creepy-eldritch-strange. So good.</p><p>Jorge Luis Borges: Essays, poems, short stories, musings, criticism, anything. Imagination unleashed. Beyond so good. Genius.</p><p>Michael Moorcock: the (original) Elric series. Brooding wizard-king and the ultimate evil demon sword. Plenty-o-pathos. So good.</p><p>Larry Niven: “What Good Is A Glass Dagger,” followed by <em>The Magic Goes Away.</em> Interesting treatments of magic, and the power behind it, as well as how it affects people. Does a good job imagining a world where magic is a very important part of existence. So good.</p><p>Ron Goulart: “Please Stand By.” Were-elephants are funny.</p><p>Fritz Leiber: Swords series, about Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. Sword-and-sorcery thief stories. So good.</p><p>Manly Wade Wellman: “The Seeker In The Fortress.” A bard’s tale. Fun with music and swords.</p><p>Gene Wolf: <em>Book of the New Sun,</em> and many, many others. Beyond so good. Borges-level good. Genius.</p><p>Harlan Ellison: Short stories, screenplays, essays, anything. “I laughed, I cried, I couldn’t put it down” isn’t cliché when it’s Ellison, it’s truth. Beyond so good. Genius.</p><p>Neil Gaiman: <em>American Gods,</em> <em>Sandman</em> graphic novels, <em>Stardust.</em> Fairy tales, myth, disturbing dream sequences, full-contact fantasy. Beyond so good. Borges-level good. Genius.</p><p>Martha Wells: <em>City of Bones</em> and <em>Death of the Necromancer.</em> More good thief stories, full of magic and strange technology. So good. Did I mention so good?</p><p>Sean Stewart: <em>Night Watch.</em> Ancient-modern speculative science fantasy myth. So good.</p><p>Nina Kiriki Hoffman: <em>The Silent Strength of Stones.</em> Weird, confusing, funny, playful, unrefined, disarming, unsettling, were-creatures, pseudo-modern-druidic coming-of-age story. I think.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your time.</p><p></p><p>Warrior Poet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warrior Poet, post: 26439, member: 1057"] [b]Books and sech[/b] Sorry, haven't ready any of them lads. Some suggestions, in a variety of idioms, in sort of chronological order, complete with highly opinionated commentary … Anglo-Saxon Author Unknown: [I]Beowulf.[/I] Old-school sword, spear, monster-and-mead-filled mayhem. So good. Mary Shelley: [I]Frankenstein.[/I] Beyond so good. Genius. Edgar Allen Poe: Anything, including his criticism. Weird, haunted, visionary, hallucinatory, lovelorn, psychopathic mystery. Beyond so good. Genius. Bram Stoker: [I]Dracula.[/I] Vampire as disease metaphor, vampire as sex metaphor, vampire as class struggle metaphor, vampire as foreign outsider metaphor, vampire as age metaphor. Wow, that’s a lot of vampire for (about) eight bucks (paperback). So good. H.P. Lovecraft: Anything, including his criticism. Weird, terrifying, watch-your-brains-pour-out-and-pool-on-the-floor-creepy-eldritch-strange. So good. Jorge Luis Borges: Essays, poems, short stories, musings, criticism, anything. Imagination unleashed. Beyond so good. Genius. Michael Moorcock: the (original) Elric series. Brooding wizard-king and the ultimate evil demon sword. Plenty-o-pathos. So good. Larry Niven: “What Good Is A Glass Dagger,” followed by [I]The Magic Goes Away.[/I] Interesting treatments of magic, and the power behind it, as well as how it affects people. Does a good job imagining a world where magic is a very important part of existence. So good. Ron Goulart: “Please Stand By.” Were-elephants are funny. Fritz Leiber: Swords series, about Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. Sword-and-sorcery thief stories. So good. Manly Wade Wellman: “The Seeker In The Fortress.” A bard’s tale. Fun with music and swords. Gene Wolf: [I]Book of the New Sun,[/I] and many, many others. Beyond so good. Borges-level good. Genius. Harlan Ellison: Short stories, screenplays, essays, anything. “I laughed, I cried, I couldn’t put it down” isn’t cliché when it’s Ellison, it’s truth. Beyond so good. Genius. Neil Gaiman: [I]American Gods,[/I] [I]Sandman[/I] graphic novels, [I]Stardust.[/I] Fairy tales, myth, disturbing dream sequences, full-contact fantasy. Beyond so good. Borges-level good. Genius. Martha Wells: [I]City of Bones[/I] and [I]Death of the Necromancer.[/I] More good thief stories, full of magic and strange technology. So good. Did I mention so good? Sean Stewart: [I]Night Watch.[/I] Ancient-modern speculative science fantasy myth. So good. Nina Kiriki Hoffman: [I]The Silent Strength of Stones.[/I] Weird, confusing, funny, playful, unrefined, disarming, unsettling, were-creatures, pseudo-modern-druidic coming-of-age story. I think. Thanks for your time. Warrior Poet [/QUOTE]
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