01:23 am: Notes Toward a Gramarye of the Fantastic; A Bibliography
So far this circle of readers has named:
Alan Garner: "especially
Owl Service"
Alan Garner:
The Weirdstone of BrisingamenAlan Garner: "your choice"
Algernon Blackwood: "The Man Whom the Trees Loved"
Angela Carter
Angela Carter:
The Bloody ChamberAngela Carter:
The Bloody ChamberAvram Davidson:
The Phoenix and the Mirror, or any of the Limekiller or Eszterhazy stories.
Barry Hughart.
Barry Hughart:
Bridge of BirdsCharles de Lint: "Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair"
China Mieville:
Perdido Street StationDiana Wynne Jones
E. Nesbit:
The Enchanted CastleE.R. Eddison
E.R. Eddison
E.R. Eddison:
The Worm OuroborosE.R. Eddison:
The Worm OuroborosElizabeth Hand: "pretty much anything from
Saffron and Brimstone"
Ellen Kushner:
SwordspointEllen Kushner:
SwordspointErnest Bramah
Fritz Leiber:
Swords in the Mist?
Garth Nix:
Sabriel, etc.
Gene Wolfe
Greer Gilman
Greer Gilman:
Moonwise also mentioned once in passing
Guy Gavriel Kay: "Most anything by"
H.P. Lovecraft: "'The Dunwich Horror,' or another work?"
Hope Mirrlees
Hope Mirrlees:
Lud-in-the-MistJ.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien:
The Lord of the Rings; The Hobbit Jack Vance:
Tales of the Dying EarthJames Branch Cabell:
JurgenJames Thurber:
The 13 ClocksJames Thurber:
The 13 ClocksJames Thurber:
The Thirteen ClocksJane Yolen
Jessica Rydill:
Children of the ShamanJoan Aiken: "Almost any short story"
Joan Aiken:
Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home John Crowley:
DaemonomaniaJohn Crowley:
Little, BigJohn Crowley:
Little, BigKelly Link: "most anything"
Kenneth Grahame:
The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Morris:
Book of the Three DragonsLewis Carroll's Alice books
Lois McMaster Bujold:
Curse of Chalion, etc.
Lord Berners' translation of
Huon of Burdeux (c. 1525?).
Lord Dunsany
Lord Dunsany:
The Charwoman's Shadow, or
Idle Days on the River YanLord Dunsany:
The King of Elfland's DaughterLucy M. Boston:
The Treasure of Green KnoweM. John Harrison: "Anima"
M. John Harrison:
The Pastel CityMargaret Lovett:
The Great and Terrible QuestMargo Lanagan: "anything in
Black Juice"
Mervyn Peake
Michael Moorcock:
The Dancers at the End of TimeMichael Swanwick:
The Iron Dragon's Daughter Neil Gaiman: "Snow Glass Apples"
Pamela Dean:
Tam LinPamela Dean:
The Secret Country trilogy, or
Tam Lin Pat O'Shea:
The Hounds of the Morrigan Patricia McKillip
Patricia McKillip: "I lean toward
The Changeling Sea and
Od Magic"
Patricia McKillip:
The Forgotten Beasts of EldPatricia McKillip:
The Forgotten Beasts of EldPaul Hazel:
YearwoodPeter S. Beagle:
The Last UnicornPeter S. Beagle:
The Last UnicornPeter S. Beagle:
The Last UnicornPhilip Pullman:
The Golden Compass Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Possibly one of the Barsoom books"
Richard Adams:
Watership DownRobert Holdstock:
Mythago WoodRobin McKinley:
Hero and the CrownRoger Zelazny
Rumer Godden:
Coromandel Sea ChangeRussell Hoban:
Riddley WalkerSteven Brust
Sylvia Townsend Warner:
Kingdoms of ElfinSylvia Townsend Warner:
Kingdoms of ElfinSylvia Townsend Warner:
Lolly WillowesT. H. White:
The Once and Future King Tanith Lee's Flat Earth books
Tanith Lee:
Red as BloodTerry Pratchett
Thomas Legotti: "most anything"
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin.
Ursula K. Le Guin:
A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin:
A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin:
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin:
The Word for World is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin:
Language of the Night: “From Elfland to Poughkeepsie”
also mentioned once in passing
Walter de La Mare: introduction to
Come HitherWilliam Mayne:
EarthfastsWilliam Morris:
The Water of the Wondrous Isles Also mentioned in passing:
Arthur Machen "at his best"
C. S. Lewis's Narnia books
Catherynne M. Valente
Edward Eager:
Half Magic; Knight's Castle Geoff Ryman
Glen Hirshberg
James Thurber:
The White Deer Jeff Vandermeer "at his best"
Lloyd Alexander's Taran series
M. Rickert
Malory's Morte D'Arthur
Terry Bisson of "Bears Discover Fire" and
Talking Man Theodora Goss
Theodore Sturgeon of "The Silken Swift"
And one anti-vote for:
"Terry Brooks as the horror to which the epic mode can descend"
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