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GOLLUM · 26th April 2006, 01:59 PM

Courtesy of one of our resident authors Gary Wassner, here's a list iof recommended fanatsy by one of the leading lights of the SFF Genre, Mr. Jeff Vandermeer. I'd estimate I've read about 70% of these although most authors are familiar to me. This looks like an interesting list to me and I for one intend to investigate some of those titles I've not yet read.

Fantasy: Essential Reading.

1. Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov
2. The Gormenghast Trilogy, Mervyn Peake
3. Lanark, Alasdair Gray
4. Jerusalem Poker, Edward Whittemore
5. The Chess Garden, Brooks Hansen
6. The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, Angela Carter
7. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
8. Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges
9. Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter
10. Observatory Mansions, Edward Carey
11. Possession, A.S. Byatt
12. In Viriconium, M. John Harrison
13. Arc d'X, Steve Erickson
14. V, Thomas Pynchon
15. Sinai Tapestry, Edward Whittemore
16. Quin’s Shanghai Circus, Edward Whittemore
17. If Upon a Winter's Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino
18. Collected Stories, Franz Kafka
19. The Master & Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
20. Mother London, Michael Moorcock
21. The Collected Stories, J.G. Ballard
22. A Fine and Private Place, Peter S. Beagle
23. The New York Trilogy, Paul Auster
24. Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy
25. The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica, John Calvin Bachelor
26. House of Leaves, Mark Danielewski
27. The Riddle Master trilogy, Patricia McKillip
28. The Baron in the Trees, Italo Calvino
29. The Other Side, Alfred Kubin
30. The Circus of Doctor Lao, Charles Finney
31. A Voyage to Arcturus, David Lindsay
32. The Circus of the Earth & the Air, Brooke Stevens
33. Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift
34. Dictionary of the Khazars, Milorad Pavic
35. At Swim-Two-Birds, Flann O'Brian
36. The Troika, Stepan Chapman
37. The Fan-maker’s Inquisition, Rikki Ducornet
38. Solomon Gursky Was Here, Mordechai Richler
39. Darconville's Cat, Alexander Theroux
40. Don Quixote, Cervantes
41. Poor Things, Alasdair Gray
42. Geek Love, Katherine Dunn
43. The Land of Laughs, Jonathan Carroll
44. The Wizard of Earthsea trilogy, Ursula K. LeGuin
45. The House on the Borderland, William Hope Hodgson
46. Little Big, John Crowley
47. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
48. The General in His Labyrinth, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
49. The Seven Who Fled, Frederick Prokosch
50. Already Dead, Denis Johnson
51. The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, Jeffrey Ford
52. Phosphor in Dreamland, Rikki Ducornet
53. The Passion of New Eve, Angela Carter
54. Views From the Oldest House, Richard Grant
55. Life During Wartime, Lucius Shepard
56. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, Barry Hughart
57. The Famished Road, Ben Okri
58. Altmann’s Tongue, Brian Evenson
59. Girl Imagined by Chance, Lance Olsen
60. The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant & Other Stories, Jeffrey Ford

26th April 2006, 01:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
GOLLUM Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 5,294	Re: Fantasy Recommendations for the Unenlightened 2 Courtesy of one of our resident authors Gary Wassner, here's a list iof recommended fanatsy by one of the leading lights of the SFF Genre, Mr. Jeff Vandermeer. I'd estimate I've read about 70% of these although most authors are familiar to me. This looks like an interesting list to me and I for one intend to investigate some of those titles I've not yet read. Fantasy: Essential Reading. 1. Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov 2. The Gormenghast Trilogy, Mervyn Peake 3. Lanark, Alasdair Gray 4. Jerusalem Poker, Edward Whittemore 5. The Chess Garden, Brooks Hansen 6. The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, Angela Carter 7. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll 8. Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges 9. Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter 10. Observatory Mansions, Edward Carey 11. Possession, A.S. Byatt 12. In Viriconium, M. John Harrison 13. Arc d'X, Steve Erickson 14. V, Thomas Pynchon 15. Sinai Tapestry, Edward Whittemore 16. Quin’s Shanghai Circus, Edward Whittemore 17. If Upon a Winter's Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino 18. Collected Stories, Franz Kafka 19. The Master & Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov 20. Mother London, Michael Moorcock 21. The Collected Stories, J.G. Ballard 22. A Fine and Private Place, Peter S. Beagle 23. The New York Trilogy, Paul Auster 24. Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy 25. The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica, John Calvin Bachelor 26. House of Leaves, Mark Danielewski 27. The Riddle Master trilogy, Patricia McKillip 28. The Baron in the Trees, Italo Calvino 29. The Other Side, Alfred Kubin 30. The Circus of Doctor Lao, Charles Finney 31. A Voyage to Arcturus, David Lindsay 32. The Circus of the Earth & the Air, Brooke Stevens 33. Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift 34. Dictionary of the Khazars, Milorad Pavic 35. At Swim-Two-Birds, Flann O'Brian 36. The Troika, Stepan Chapman 37. The Fan-maker’s Inquisition, Rikki Ducornet 38. Solomon Gursky Was Here, Mordechai Richler 39. Darconville's Cat, Alexander Theroux 40. Don Quixote, Cervantes 41. Poor Things, Alasdair Gray 42. Geek Love, Katherine Dunn 43. The Land of Laughs, Jonathan Carroll 44. The Wizard of Earthsea trilogy, Ursula K. LeGuin 45. The House on the Borderland, William Hope Hodgson 46. Little Big, John Crowley 47. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 48. The General in His Labyrinth, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 49. The Seven Who Fled, Frederick Prokosch 50. Already Dead, Denis Johnson 51. The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, Jeffrey Ford 52. Phosphor in Dreamland, Rikki Ducornet 53. The Passion of New Eve, Angela Carter 54. Views From the Oldest House, Richard Grant 55. Life During Wartime, Lucius Shepard 56. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, Barry Hughart 57. The Famished Road, Ben Okri 58. Altmann’s Tongue, Brian Evenson 59. Girl Imagined by Chance, Lance Olsen 60. The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant & Other Stories, Jeffrey Ford