Active Users:3652 Time:22/01/2025 05:45:23 PM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
For this board? Larry Send a noteboard - 04/09/2009 07:09:00 AM
Since I see few of the old OF regulars posting here, I'm going to guess several of the following will be unfamiliar to several of those now posting at the successor board:

M. John Harrison, Viriconium (omnibus); Light; The Course of the Heart; Signs of Life; Nova Swing

Hal Duncan, Vellum; Ink

Jeff VanderMeer, City of Saints and Madmen; Shriek: An Afterword; Finch (forthcoming); Veniss Underground

Brian Evenson, The Wavering Knife; Last Days

Jeffrey Ford, The Physiognomy; Memoranda; The Beyond; The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque; The Girl in the Glass; Empire of Ice Cream; The Shadow Years

Kay Kenyon, Bright of the Sky; A World Too Near; City Without End

D.M. Cornish, Foundling; Lamplighter

Jo Graham, Black Ships; Hand of Isis

Angela Carter, Nights at the Circus; The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman, and so many others

Margo Lanagan, Black Juice; Red Spikes; Tender Morsels

David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Fall 1152; Mouse Guard: Winter 1152

Michael Cisco, The Tyrant; The Traitor; The San Veneficio Canon

Thomas Ligotti, Teatro Grottesco; Nightmare Factory: Volumes I and II; My Work Here is not Done

John Crowley, Little, Big; Ægypt cycle

Stepan Chapman, The Troika

Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper

J.G. Ballard, Why the fuck aren't more people here talking about Ballard, especially since his writings have been more "prophetic" than most any other SF work of the past 50 years? - any of his collected fictions, or just Crash and The Vermillion Sands for starters.

Kelly Link, Stranger Things Happen; Magic for Beginners; Pretty Monsters

Daniel Abraham, A Shadow in Summer; A Betrayal in Winter; An Autumn War; The Price of Spring

Felix Gilman, Thunderer; Gears of the City

J.M. McDermott, Last Dragon

Kristin Cashore, Graceling; Fire

George MacDonald, Lilith

Zoran Živkovi?, The Fourth Circle; Candid Camera; The Book, The Writer, The Reader; The Bridge; Impossible Stories I and II

Milorad Pavi?, Dictionary of the Khazars; Landscape Painted With Tea; Second Body

Edward Whittemore, Shanghai Circus; the four books of the Jerusalem Quartet

Joanna Russ, The Female Man


And many, many more. Challenge: Who here has read half of these authors and/or books?
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
Reply to message
Underappreciated Fantasy books? Bryce - 03/09/2009 03:36:10 AM 2051 Views
I don't think Donaldson is underappreciated so much as disliked. Craig - 03/09/2009 04:21:33 AM 1196 Views
Donaldson is "kiddie" have you actaully read Donaldson? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:30:14 PM 1019 Views
Re: sentence structure Craig - 14/09/2009 07:22:28 PM 1080 Views
I thought it must be something like that random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:49:27 PM 983 Views
Craig - 15/09/2009 08:08:52 PM 1116 Views
Goodkind. Kotagg - 03/09/2009 05:20:51 AM 1294 Views
but... Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 05:31:24 AM 1229 Views
He said "underappreciated", not "underwhelming" *NM* Tom - 03/09/2009 02:41:27 PM 522 Views
my problem with Goodkind... ranagrande - 03/09/2009 03:36:51 PM 1340 Views
I agree Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:10:16 PM 1174 Views
he does preach and ramble a lot and i admit that annoys me LadyLorraine - 03/09/2009 03:51:37 PM 1097 Views
Goodkind is porn! rebelaessedai - 03/09/2009 06:33:32 PM 1242 Views
I didn't know anything about Goodkind when I started reading his books. Danu - 04/09/2009 12:52:37 AM 1345 Views
+1 *NM* Bryce - 05/09/2009 07:57:35 AM 637 Views
I barely made it through the first book. everynametaken - 04/09/2009 03:21:36 AM 1280 Views
Michelle West Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 05:29:39 AM 1237 Views
I agree Nyrende - 04/09/2009 06:35:20 AM 1175 Views
I know! Mat Girl - 04/09/2009 03:19:31 PM 1263 Views
I don't either Nyrende - 04/09/2009 11:55:09 PM 1395 Views
yep, we should Mat Girl - 05/09/2009 12:51:14 AM 1621 Views
All Michelle West's books are fantastic. ajah - 05/09/2009 04:00:22 AM 1191 Views
I tried something of hers and couldn't get into it. rebelaessedai - 05/09/2009 09:14:12 PM 1013 Views
Janny Wurts Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:33:19 AM 1292 Views
Kate Elliott Meona Goodday - 03/09/2009 06:04:56 AM 1291 Views
Re: Kate Elliott Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 06:11:11 AM 1107 Views
Re: Kate Elliott Meona Goodday - 03/09/2009 06:21:40 AM 1058 Views
I just couldn't get into it *NM* Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:05:24 PM 648 Views
Yes, I agree Perdita - 03/09/2009 06:41:59 PM 1393 Views
I <3 her stuff very much. *NM* Rebekah - 03/09/2009 05:20:22 PM 607 Views
I tried slogging through Fugitive Prince four times AgentOrange - 04/09/2009 08:46:37 PM 1332 Views
I actually put down Mistwraith a couple times before I made it through the first few chapters. Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 05/09/2009 05:20:33 AM 1161 Views
Lois Mcmaster Bujold Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 08:38:20 AM 1035 Views
Definitely! Meona Goodday - 04/09/2009 03:16:52 AM 1223 Views
Well, I am about to react like the people above who are having an allergic reaction to goodkind... jh - 04/09/2009 10:05:43 AM 1049 Views
Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:27:58 AM 1161 Views
The Worm Ouroboros is underappreciated Tom - 03/09/2009 02:40:22 PM 1191 Views
One does sort of wonder... jh - 03/09/2009 05:25:43 PM 1184 Views
Everything by Guy Gavriel Kay. Tigr - 03/09/2009 02:46:54 PM 1258 Views
I got Tigana from the library. Darth_Katie - 03/09/2009 02:50:01 PM 1180 Views
Agreed. *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 03:12:50 PM 537 Views
Kay in general, yes. However, Jacob - 03/09/2009 03:47:39 PM 1229 Views
Sure. Tigr - 03/09/2009 04:04:38 PM 1263 Views
+1, Tigana's a wonderful book. *NM* Perdita - 03/09/2009 06:40:16 PM 721 Views
If you liked Tigana... Tigr - 03/09/2009 09:47:43 PM 1307 Views
Don't worry, I've read all of his *NM* Perdita - 04/09/2009 12:10:14 AM 694 Views
I've only read The Lions of Al-Rassan, but it was fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2009 10:23:49 PM 526 Views
*NM* Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:29:27 AM 661 Views
yes yes yes Mat Girl - 04/09/2009 01:15:36 AM 1255 Views
Katherine Kurtz tosca - 03/09/2009 02:50:39 PM 1148 Views
I second that Corwin - 05/09/2009 05:15:23 AM 1085 Views
Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 03/09/2009 02:52:19 PM 984 Views
Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 03:18:04 PM 1208 Views
I liked the first Fey book a great deal. rebelaessedai - 03/09/2009 06:34:50 PM 1142 Views
*hugs* Kylia Skydancer - 04/09/2009 01:50:30 AM 1218 Views
AHH! rebelaessedai - 04/09/2009 03:49:29 PM 1174 Views
*dies of laughter* Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:31:17 AM 1006 Views
God? ! rebelaessedai - 08/09/2009 04:24:14 PM 1032 Views
Yes. Now bow down to me. Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 10:59:07 PM 1038 Views
Okay. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:23:59 PM 623 Views
Christopher Priest, Brian W. Aldiss, Paul Kearney, Chris Wooding Werthead - 03/09/2009 03:52:49 PM 1241 Views
My Amazon wishlist just got a lot longer. *NM* Haggard - 03/09/2009 04:10:51 PM 505 Views
Agrees on Kearney IndigoAjah - 04/09/2009 01:02:07 AM 1090 Views
Yes. Werthead - 04/09/2009 05:59:07 PM 1373 Views
Priest and Aldiss are brilliant. I'll have to pick up some of Wooding's works. Jacob - 22/12/2009 05:39:14 PM 1213 Views
Mercedes Lackey LadyLorraine - 03/09/2009 03:54:21 PM 1213 Views
I've always thought of her as Mercedes Lacking... Antigone - 12/10/2009 04:46:03 PM 1432 Views
Marie Brennan Griffen - 03/09/2009 05:57:15 PM 1169 Views
Eric Garcia grogg0316 - 03/09/2009 06:35:11 PM 1220 Views
You've been pimping these books for... getting close to a decade now? Jacob - 22/12/2009 05:26:04 PM 1064 Views
Angelslayer maraude - 04/09/2009 12:13:51 AM 1054 Views
For younger people: Nicholson's Wind on Fire trilogy IndigoAjah - 04/09/2009 01:06:08 AM 1154 Views
Not even just for younger people! Nicholson wrote the Gladiator screenplay Perdita - 04/09/2009 09:32:42 AM 1312 Views
The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney (Spook's Apprentice in the UK) Bryce - 04/09/2009 01:22:43 AM 1207 Views
For this board? Larry - 04/09/2009 07:09:00 AM 1177 Views
I've read three of those and have plans to read maybe 10 of the others. Chas - 04/09/2009 02:22:42 PM 1172 Views
Re: J. G. Ballard wrote more than SF! And they were all awesome! Danae al'Thor - 04/09/2009 03:37:02 PM 1334 Views
I've read three and am on a fourth. Craig - 05/09/2009 01:54:49 AM 1182 Views
Thanks Larry. Seriana Sedai - 13/09/2009 10:22:57 PM 1098 Views
Re: All the stuff that gets called "Magical Realism". Stupid post-colonial conservatives. Danae al'Thor - 04/09/2009 03:49:43 PM 1145 Views
which C J Cherryh have you read random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:22:50 PM 1061 Views
I need a My Favorites button!! *NM* nossy - 04/09/2009 05:53:51 PM 627 Views
What kind of browser are you using? Bryce - 05/09/2009 10:53:38 AM 932 Views
C.S. Friedman's Coldfire Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 05/09/2009 05:19:12 AM 1082 Views
Mmm Gerald Tarrant. *NM* rebelaessedai - 05/09/2009 09:13:23 PM 538 Views
I liked the Madnedd Season as well *NM* random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:51:37 PM 639 Views
Re: Britain and India do not get enough Octavia Butler. Danae al'Thor - 05/09/2009 03:34:34 PM 1129 Views
Memory, sorrow and thorn ironclad - 08/09/2009 03:09:49 PM 1037 Views
Bleah. Joel - 14/09/2009 09:59:21 AM 1145 Views
Not one book but the whole Historical fantasy genre is sorta unappreciated..... *NM* Murtach74 - 08/09/2009 09:44:36 PM 636 Views
Watership Down random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:35:51 PM 1139 Views
That is a very good book, indeed. *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:10:07 PM 615 Views
The Chronicles of Prydain! by lloyd alexander Fantasy - 26/09/2009 07:48:50 PM 1259 Views
They're good Craig - 05/10/2009 12:39:35 AM 1153 Views
I find their nostalgic quality appealing Fantasy - 05/10/2009 01:44:05 AM 1270 Views
The Gone-Away World. Seriously, people Camilla - 11/12/2009 09:26:22 PM 1042 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes