Fantasy Book Club discussion

This year is racing by! Put your nominations here, after checking the rules please. Perhaps a missed old classic has caught your eye, some wrinkled pastel cover tempted you? Haul them out! It's 'Classics' month, all nominations pre-2000

Place your book suggestions here, one nomination and one second per person. Do read through the rules first, please. Feel free to nominate books that have failed selection previously.

1. All nominations must be shelved on GR as fantasy primarily.

2. All nominations must be linked to their book page, or they'll be ignored.

3. All nominations must be seconded.

4. Check our group bookshelf as we won't be including books we've read since January 2014. Check here .https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. No self-nominations.

You have a week to nominate, then I'll set up the poll.

Rules subject to mod whims ;)

Helen

The Leopard Vanguard T.A. Uner

Scott wrote: "The Leopard Vanguard T.A. Uner"

Read the instructions please

I nominate Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees. I think it's a bit more unknown book of that time (orig. published 1926), also it's her only fantasy book as well. I've had this one hanging on my TBR pile for ages and I've planned on reading it this year so why not nominate it now and see how it goes?

Helen wrote: "Scott wrote: "The Leopard Vanguard T.A. Uner"

Read the instructions please"

I did. Which one are you saying I missed?

It's top category is fantasy, I linked it. It's not in the book shelf. I didn't write it. So is this a mod whim?

Scott wrote: "Helen wrote: "Scott wrote: "The Leopard Vanguard T.A. Uner"

Read the instructions please"

I did. Which one are you saying I missed?

It's top category is fantasy..."

She was looking for pre 2000 published books.
Lol

My nomination...
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony.

I'll second Lud-in-the-Mist and nominate The High House by James Stoddard. (It originally came out in 1999; the link is to a brand new reprint.)

Sorry Scott, we're theming this month, back into the depths of time... However, save that for next month and a gold star for doing the checking, linking etc :)

Helen wrote: "Sorry Scott, we're theming this month, back into the depths of time... However, save that for next month and a gold star for doing the checking, linking etc :)"

Ah my bad for not reading the additional fine print.

Sword in the Storm
David Gemmell
First published 1998

I'll second On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony

i'll nominate Nine Princes in Amber

I'll happily second....Nine Princes in Amber!

Lol, I was just scrolling down and saw that nom and immediately thought of you :)

I nominate The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson.

I'll second The Broken Sword...

Helen wrote: "Lol, I was just scrolling down and saw that nom and immediately thought of you :)"


Haha.... I almost nominated it!
Now I've got two favorites in this poll.

; D

I'll second Sword in the Storm.

I nominate Cinder

Palash wrote: "I nominate Cinder"

This was published after 2000 So doesn't qualify this month.

Helen wrote: "Palash wrote: "I nominate Cinder"

This was published after 2000 So doesn't qualify this month."

Oh sorry. Didnt look at the new rule before posting.

Nominate The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan, been looking for an excuse to continue the series.

Palash wrote: "Helen wrote: "Palash wrote: "I nominate Cinder"

This was published after 2000 So doesn't qualify this month."

Oh sorry. Didnt look at the new rule before posting."

It's only for this month :)

I'll second The Great Hunt !

So far:

Great Hunt
Sword in the Storm
On a pale horse
Nine princess in Amber
Broken sword
Lud in the mist
High house

All seconded :)

Ill nominate Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings

Second Pawn of Prophecy.

I second The High House and nominate The Wizard's Tale by Kurt Busiek

I'll nominate God Stalk by P.C. Hodgell. I keep seeing good things about this and need an excuse to move it to the top of the pile.

There are several good books already nominated...so I'll wait. I'd like to see Nine Princes in Amber win for those who've missed it.

I've been having a great time looking at older fantasy books and remembering some great ones, as well as those I've wanted to read.

I nominate The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May. A friend told me about this series in the early 90s and I loved it. I'm thrilled it's now available in ebook format.

And I'll second The Wizard's Tale. It looks like a fun read.

I would like to nominate Elric of Melniboné by Micheal Moorcock.

Oh my....I won't be able to make a decision if some of these get seconded.

Last time someone read Amber I couldn't get it on kindle, it is now.

Helen wrote: "Last time someone read Amber I couldn't get it on kindle, it is now."

Well, the first three books, at least. I keep checking for #4. And if they want to stop after #5 (the last book in the original series), that won't bother me too much.

I was also happy to see Jack of Shadows turn up there; now they need to hurry up with more of his back catalog.

I read that the kindle version of Nine Princes in Amber was poorly edited. Maybe by now it's fixed.

Tnkw01 wrote: "I would like to nominate Elric of Melniboné by Micheal Moorcock."

I'll second Elric of Melniboné

Amber is on Audible, haven't checked Kindle lately.

My, too many good stuff around! Many on my TBR already......I second The Many-Coloured Land.
It's a wonderful idea to have a pre-2000 nom thread.

It was a whim....;)

I'll second God stalk just to help Brenda.

Pawn of Prophesy
Wizards tale
God stalk
Many coloured land
Elric of melnibone

All seconded, I'm not retyping the other list but they are too :)

That's twelve so far. It's getting exciting. I'm out tomorrow so I'll try and post the poll later today, uk time.

Help me??

; )


Now which one will I choose?

Well, I figure your reading slump may have to recover in August with so many 'Brenda' books on offer :D

Ha!
; D

You know it will be a book I'm not interested in, even so.


lol

Lara wrote: "And I'll second The Wizard's Tale. It looks like a fun read. "

It is.

And how many fantasy works do you read with a senior citizen as the main character?

Mary wrote: "Lara wrote: "And I'll second The Wizard's Tale. It looks like a fun read. "

It is.

And how many fantasy works do you read with a senior citizen as the main character?"

Not enough. Not many come to mind, other than books like Belgarath the Sorcerer.

I'll second Elric

I'll make the poll.

It's late as my friend took me out for the day to visit Liverpool. What an amazing city, such beautiful buildings.