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Lotus reading list:Fantasy

  • 06-02-2016 1:18pm
    #1
    Manach
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    From BlackGate: https://www.blackgate.com/2016/02/02/the-2015-locus-recommended-reading-list/
    "
    Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz 2014; DAW)
    A God in Ruins, Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown; Doubleday UK)
    Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
    Nightwise, R.S. Belcher (Tor)
    Beneath London, James P. Blaylock (Titan)
    The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard (Roc; Gollancz)
    Prodigies, Angelica Gorodischer (Small Beer)
    Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand (PS; Open Road)

    Empire Ascendant, Kameron Hurley (Angry Robot)
    The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf)
    The Liminal War, Ayize Jama-Everett (Small Beer)
    The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
    Killing Pretty, Richard Kadrey (Harper Voyager)
    Finders Keepers, Stephen King (Scribner)
    Archivist Wasp, Nicole Kornher-Stace (Big Mouth House)
    Slade House, David Mitchell (Random House; Sceptre UK)
    Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
    Savages, K.J. Parker (Subterranean)
    The Annihilation Score, Charles Stross (Ace)
    Pacific Fire, Greg Van Eekhout (Tor)
    The Philosopher Kings, Jo Walton (Tor)
    "

    Blaylock's work would be the one I'd automatically purchase and some of the others (The House of Shattered Wings) look to have potential.

    Anyone have any feedback on works on this list?


Comments

  • #2
    shrapnel222
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,120 ✭✭✭shrapnel222


    only one i've read is

    The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf)

    Goes at an incredibly gentle pace, and dialogue is absolutely charming and polite (can't think of a better word). Really enjoyed it, but definitely not your run of the mill fantasy book.


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