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message 1: by Nikhil (new)

Nikhil Jain (njnikhil) | 11 comments I've been asking this over a lot of groups and I figured I'd do it here as well. If you've ever read Hannu Rajaneimi, Roger Zelazny, Mervyn Peake, China Mieville or even Gene Wolfe minus his bullshit books, you must have felt a fascinating surrealism in the backdrop.

The books I'm talking about (among others less prominent) are:

The Quantum Thief
Nine Princes in Amber
The Shadow of the Torturer
Jack of Shadows
Perdido Street Station
Titus Groan

My recommendations shelf is getting redundant and I'm about to get very hopeless regarding fresh books on the subject.

Any help would be appreciated (minus the authors I've already mentioned).


Lit Bug (Foram) | 1354 comments I haven't read them, but Jeff VanderMeer, K. J. Bishop and Steph Swainston are prominent New Weird authors.

I've only read Mieville, so no idea about the others. Since you've read PSS, you can go ahead with The Scar and Iron Council...


message 3: by Roh + J (new)

Roh + J | 3 comments Swainston is fantastic. The Castle series is brilliant and weird enough that China Mieville professes his adoration of the books. Definitely give them a go!


Lit Bug (Foram) | 1354 comments I read The Scar and found it terrible by Mievillian standards.


message 5: by Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game (new)

Em Lost In Books (emlostinbooks) | 24795 comments Mod
Hi.
I haven't read any of the above mentioned authors though The Shadow of the Torturer is on my TBR shelf.

You can read Tigana. To me its the best standalone fantasy novel of all time and seriously this book made me think that J.R.R. Tolkien a little overhyped.


message 6: by Reading (new)

Reading Monk (dipeshjain) | 185 comments Read malazan book of the fallen series...the complexity, world building, loads and loads of awesome characters, loads and loads of awesome movements...the sheer imagination...its awesome.


message 7: by Indiabookstore (new)

Indiabookstore | 81 comments Ubik by Philip K Dick, Scroedinger's cat by Robert Anton Wilson and The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. All books in the genre you're looking for. I think all of them are brilliant.


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