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Sun Jul-17-05 04:57 PM
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| 76. Weis & Hickman, Douglas Niles, Richard A. Knaak |
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All Dragonlance authors, Forgotten Realms authors and of course the obligatory Tolkien and Rowling.
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| -Share a fantasy author that you really love: |
LWolf |
Dec-12-04 09:24 AM |
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Charles de Lint |
Astarho |
Dec-12-04 10:11 AM |
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Oh God, yes. |
derbstyron |
Dec-27-04 04:11 AM |
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I just finished "Dreams Underfoot." |
LWolf |
Dec-29-04 08:55 AM |
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The Newford stories |
Astarho |
Dec-29-04 09:20 PM |
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CdL is my fave author period. The urban fantasy, |
WildClarySage |
Jan-07-05 10:07 AM |
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Agreed. De Lint is my favorite author as well! |
Greyskye |
Oct-26-05 05:38 PM |
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This is a great summation; |
LWolf |
Oct-27-05 06:30 AM |
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Elizabeth Hayden |
ismnotwasm |
Dec-12-04 04:39 PM |
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I read her 2 years after I first posted this thread. |
LWolf |
Jul-25-08 04:27 PM |
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Roger Zelazny |
Walt Starr |
Dec-12-04 05:15 PM |
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I agree. |
Progs Rock |
Nov-10-06 05:15 AM |
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He is one of my favorites also. |
haf216 |
Feb-11-07 12:15 AM |
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First 3 responses are all new to me! |
LWolf |
Dec-12-04 07:30 PM |
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Thanks, everyone |
wryter2000 |
Dec-13-04 11:02 AM |
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Robin Hobb |
Beetwasher |
Dec-13-04 12:31 PM |
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I just started Fool's Errand! The LiveShip series just blew me |
yellowdogintexas |
Jul-13-05 09:56 PM |
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There's a new trilogy out... A Soldier's Son |
Nevilledog |
Jan-30-08 08:55 AM |
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Here's another, Mary Gentle |
Walt Starr |
Dec-13-04 02:37 PM |
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Guy Gavriel Kay |
BamaGirl |
Dec-13-04 11:14 PM |
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Chalk another one up for GGKay. |
politicat |
Dec-16-04 04:32 PM |
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Hell yes. I just wish he wrote more quickly. (nt) |
Ignis |
May-04-09 01:28 PM |
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Steve Brust |
lazarus |
Dec-14-04 12:09 AM |
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I second that. |
kaitykaity |
Dec-14-04 12:38 PM |
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Ah |
lazarus |
Dec-14-04 07:46 PM |
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Yes, you did. |
kaitykaity |
Dec-14-04 07:55 PM |
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You'll find even more of that. |
lazarus |
Dec-15-04 02:01 AM |
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Kind of a smart ass, isn't he? |
kaitykaity |
Dec-15-04 03:10 AM |
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No, no |
lazarus |
Dec-15-04 03:45 AM |
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Oh, you lost your little person!! |
kaitykaity |
Dec-15-04 04:52 AM |
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Heh |
lazarus |
Dec-15-04 04:41 PM |
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Remember the little gleam?? Argue away, buddy. |
kaitykaity |
Dec-15-04 05:26 PM |
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Yes, they do |
lazarus |
Dec-15-04 07:53 PM |
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I got that the Hell one from the library. It's next |
kaitykaity |
Dec-15-04 08:00 PM |
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I'll third that |
Khephra |
Dec-15-04 05:34 PM |
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Of course |
lazarus |
Dec-16-04 07:48 PM |
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I still have yet to get a copy of Sethra |
Khephra |
Dec-16-04 08:49 PM |
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Well, I'm Convinced! Looks Like Brust is Next Up For Me! |
Beetwasher |
Dec-22-04 10:53 AM |
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the "Jhereg" books are great |
porkrind |
Dec-30-04 01:03 AM |
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Greg Keyes (aka J Gregory Keyes) |
Bridget Burke |
Dec-14-04 08:33 AM |
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Anne McCaffrey - Dragonriders of Pern. |
kaitykaity |
Dec-14-04 01:11 PM |
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I'll second that one. |
LWolf |
Dec-15-04 08:35 PM |
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Dragonriders of Pern |
ccjlld |
Jul-22-05 05:14 PM |
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Fritz Leiber |
semillama |
Dec-14-04 03:50 PM |
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EXCELLENT |
Walt Starr |
Dec-15-04 11:27 AM |
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He invented the phrase "Swords & Sorcery" |
Bridget Burke |
Dec-15-04 02:48 PM |
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Great horror. |
Orsino |
May-17-05 07:26 PM |
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Garth Nix and Tamora Pierce |
Sabriel |
Dec-15-04 10:28 AM |
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I met Tamora Pierce a couple of years ago. |
LWolf |
Nov-23-09 05:40 PM |
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Gonna list a few of my favorites here besiudes the Roger Zelazny and |
Walt Starr |
Dec-15-04 11:31 AM |
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If you like Zelazny |
lazarus |
Dec-15-04 04:42 PM |
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China Mieville--best new talent in the resurging subgenre of weird fantasy |
Khephra |
Dec-15-04 05:33 PM |
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Christopher Stasheff |
HawkerHurricane |
Dec-17-04 07:28 PM |
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Ok, I'm off to Barnes & Noble |
LWolf |
Dec-19-04 11:31 AM |
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Get a B&N membership card! |
lazarus |
Dec-19-04 02:58 PM |
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I've got one; it helped a lot today. |
LWolf |
Dec-19-04 06:48 PM |
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PM me |
lazarus |
Dec-20-04 04:30 PM |
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Will do. |
LWolf |
Dec-21-04 10:08 AM |
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I finished Jehreg |
LWolf |
Dec-29-04 08:47 AM |
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Interesting viewpoint |
lazarus |
Dec-29-04 03:01 PM |
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Here's a weird one |
Walt Starr |
Dec-20-04 08:53 AM |
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ok - this is weird |
mzteris |
Oct-21-05 08:07 AM |
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Mercedes Lackey is probably my favorite as well |
dwickham |
Dec-20-04 05:21 PM |
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Yes. |
LWolf |
Dec-22-04 08:30 AM |
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Christopher Golden |
dwickham |
Dec-23-04 11:11 AM |
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George R.R. Martin |
NewJeffCT |
Dec-29-04 01:08 PM |
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Exhausting. |
Orsino |
May-17-05 07:30 PM |
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I really like Mercedes Lackey |
porkrind |
Dec-30-04 01:00 AM |
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WOW, Michael Moorcock still hasn't shown up! |
Walt Starr |
Dec-31-04 04:35 PM |
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Another that I haven't heard of. |
LWolf |
Jan-01-05 06:57 PM |
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Walt, if you ever check back in to read: |
LWolf |
Feb-08-08 02:05 PM |
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Am I the first to mention Tim Powers? |
Bridget Burke |
Jan-07-05 02:28 PM |
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Good recommendation; |
LWolf |
Jan-09-05 09:17 AM |
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Fantastic. |
Orsino |
May-26-05 05:53 PM |
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I'm late in this thread - 2010 already? but Tim Powers had an earlier Fisher King story - |
haele |
Jun-26-10 12:15 AM |
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I'm putting together a summer reading list, |
LWolf |
Jul-04-10 08:45 PM |
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Can't believe I'm first to say Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman |
malmapus |
Apr-20-05 09:45 AM |
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Philip Pullman |
XemaSab |
Apr-20-05 04:49 PM |
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the only Pullman I've read is Dark Materials trilogy |
dwickham |
Apr-20-05 06:37 PM |
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It's okay |
XemaSab |
Apr-20-05 09:26 PM |
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I have never been able to get through LOTR |
dwickham |
Apr-21-05 12:17 AM |
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LOL! Here's to them! |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Apr-11-06 02:32 PM |
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Susan Cooper, |
Matilda |
Apr-28-05 02:50 AM |
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I've read the Dark is Rising series; |
LWolf |
May-10-05 06:56 AM |
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The Dark is Rising... |
AbbyR |
Oct-19-05 03:33 PM |
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Neil Gaiman |
Orsino |
May-17-05 07:23 PM |
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been thinking about him a lot lately |
Withywindle |
May-21-05 09:14 PM |
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I honestly haven't read it yet. |
Orsino |
May-26-05 05:56 PM |
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What a coincidence- I just finished Stardust this evening. |
WildClarySage |
Jun-04-05 09:44 PM |
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I'm so glad you mentioned "Good Omens." |
LWolf |
May-16-09 03:28 PM |
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Marion Zimmerman Bradley |
Geek_Girl |
Jun-14-05 11:00 PM |
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Tad Williams |
semillama |
Jul-12-05 10:56 AM |
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Weis & Hickman, Douglas Niles, Richard A. Knaak |
MrSlayer |
Jul-17-05 04:57 PM |
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Carol Kendall |
Lisa |
Jul-17-05 08:17 PM |
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just a few |
blueraven95 |
Aug-20-05 01:19 AM |
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I've read a couple of those: |
LWolf |
Aug-20-05 06:11 PM |
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I highly reccommend McKinley's Sunshine |
blueraven95 |
Aug-20-05 06:45 PM |
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I'll add it to my list! |
LWolf |
Aug-21-05 09:14 AM |
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A few of mine |
AbbyR |
Oct-19-05 03:38 PM |
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thanks AbbyR |
dwickham |
Oct-19-05 04:03 PM |
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And thanks for the welcome... |
AbbyR |
Oct-19-05 04:22 PM |
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Kids' books! |
LWolf |
Oct-21-05 05:43 PM |
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Steven Erikson |
Kellanved |
Oct-24-05 02:44 PM |
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Hooray! |
lazarus |
Nov-02-05 02:44 PM |
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BTW, Speaking of Brust |
Beetwasher |
Nov-10-05 10:31 AM |
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Fantastic |
lazarus |
Nov-13-05 03:31 AM |
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Cha! |
Beetwasher |
Nov-14-05 09:20 AM |
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I add my vote for Susan Cooper. |
Matilda |
Dec-15-05 02:10 AM |
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I reread the book "the Dark is Rising" |
XemaSab |
Dec-16-05 01:40 AM |
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I think The Dark Is Rising is the best stand-alone book of the series, |
Matilda |
Dec-16-05 02:12 AM |
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I dug out "Greenwitch" and "the Gray King", |
XemaSab |
Dec-16-05 12:53 PM |
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I enjoy that series. |
LWolf |
Dec-17-05 01:45 PM |
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Sharon Shinn |
Reader Rabbit |
Apr-25-06 06:51 AM |
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I grew up on science fiction and fantasy. . . |
brensgrrl |
Jun-05-06 09:07 PM |
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Anything good about to come out? |
MountainLaurel |
Nov-10-06 08:36 AM |
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There are some great starts |
LWolf |
Nov-13-06 07:55 AM |
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definately Terry Pratchett |
TheBaldyMan |
Nov-13-06 08:38 AM |
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Are you only looking at new hardcover? |
semillama |
Nov-14-06 02:52 PM |
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I can't believe no one's mentioned these two... |
ms liberty |
Feb-21-07 09:03 AM |
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i really liked eddings as a kid |
MalachiConstant |
Feb-21-07 05:14 PM |
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Yeah, I really loved those stories as a young adult myself. |
semillama |
Jan-30-08 10:28 AM |
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I read several of Eddings' a lifetime ago. |
LWolf |
Jan-31-08 08:08 AM |
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Jim Butcher and Kim Harrison |
JPettus |
Feb-01-08 02:05 AM |
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I like both of those, |
LWolf |
Nov-14-09 05:57 PM |
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A couple come to mind |
Kentish Man |
Mar-14-08 08:47 AM |
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JRRT was my first introduction to fantasy, as a kid. |
LWolf |
Mar-16-08 01:21 PM |
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The Bartimaeus Trilogy |
Sabriel |
Mar-16-08 10:37 PM |
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Frank Herbert - Dune series |
BelgianMadCow |
May-03-09 05:53 PM |
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You're welcome, lol. |
LWolf |
May-09-09 02:16 PM |
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Annals of the Black Company by Glen Cook |
petersond |
Jun-27-09 04:42 AM |
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Tell me more; |
LWolf |
Jun-27-09 07:25 PM |
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Have you read Alice Borchardt? She's the much-less-known sister of |
Mist |
Jul-30-09 09:36 PM |
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Thanks for the suggestion; I've put one of her books on hold |
LWolf |
Aug-02-09 08:23 PM |
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Rober E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, Lord Dunsany, Evangeline Walton |
Ozymanithrax |
Jul-19-09 01:01 PM |
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Kind of old school, |
KatyMan |
Nov-12-09 12:52 PM |
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McKillip is a big favorite of mine. |
LWolf |
Jul-04-10 08:43 PM |
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Dear Mr Fantasy, |
azul |
Nov-23-10 12:18 AM |
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I have never read any of these. |
LWolf |
Jul-05-11 10:27 AM |
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Patrick Rothfuss. |
LWolf |
Sep-14-11 08:14 AM |
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Try Rick Yancey's "The Monstromologist" |
Sabriel |
Oct-01-11 09:46 PM |
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Kevin Hearne: Hounded |
LWolf |
Oct-16-11 07:34 PM |
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Bad news/good news |
catchnrelease |
Nov-20-11 12:59 AM |
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Lindskold: is she the one who writes about the wolf girl? nt |
LWolf |
Dec-06-11 03:25 PM |
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Yes |
catchnrelease |
Dec-07-11 04:30 PM |
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I've read a few of the wolf books. |
LWolf |
Dec-07-11 07:21 PM |
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I did make a wish list |
catchnrelease |
Dec-08-11 01:54 AM |
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On the subject of bad and good news... |
LWolf |
Dec-06-11 03:28 PM |
#143 |