Bookshelf
Well, okay, I admit it.
I'm a collecting maniac, and my 12 step recovery program isn't working at all.
Here are the books I have on my shelf.
I should be done reading them any millenium now. (JA)
- Poul Anderson, The Broken Sword; The High Crusade; Hrolf Kraki's Saga; Fantasy
- Hannes Bok, Beyond The Golden Stair
- Damien Broderick, Sorcerer's World
- James Branch Cabell, four more lousy books
- Humphrey Carpenter, Tolkien: A Biography
- Lin Carter, The Wizard Of Lemuria; Thongor Against The Gods; Thongor And The Wizard Of Lemuria; Giant Of World's End; The Enchantress Of World's End; Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord Of The Rings
- Lin Carter (editor), Flashing Swords! #1; Flashing Swords! #3; Flashing Swords! #4 (anthologies of stories by Poul Anderson, Carter, Avram Davidson, John Jakes, Katherine Kurtz, Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock, Andre Norton, L. Sprague de Camp, and Jack Vance)
- John Christopher, Beyond The Burning Lands
- Avram Davidson, The Island Under The Earth; The Phoenix And The Mirror; Collected Fantasies
- E. R. Eddison, A Fish Dinner At Memison; The Mezentian Gate
- Gardner Fox, Barbarian Swordsman; Kothar And The Demon Queen
- Gantz (translator), The Mabinogion
- Alan Garner, The Moon Of Gomrath; Elidor
- Jane Gaskell, The Serpent; Atlan; The City; Some Summer Lands
- H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
- H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang, The World's Desire
- Niel Hancock, Greyfax Grimwald
- M. John Harrison, The Pastel City
- William Hope Hodgson, The Night Land
- Robert Ervin Howard, Bran Mak Morn; The Lost Valley Of Iskander
- C. J. Cutliffe Hyne, The Lost Continent
- John Jakes, Brak The Barbarian
- Katherine Kurtz, Deryni Rising; Deryni Checkmate; High Deryni
- Henry Kuttner, The Mask Of Circe
- David J. Lake, Walkers On The Sky
- Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard Of Earthsea; The Tombs Of Atuan; The Farthest Shore
- Fritz Leiber, Swords And Deviltry; Swords Against Death; The Swords Of Lankhmar; Swords & Ice Magic (first, second, fifth, and sixth of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series); also, Gather, Darkness!
- H. P. Lovecraft, The Survivor & Others; The Dream-Quest Of Unknown Kadath; The Tomb; At The Mountains Of Madness; The Lurking Fear; Fungi From Yuggoth & Other Poems; The Shuttered Room
- Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur
- A. Merritt, Dwellers In The Mirage
- Michael Moorcock,
Stormbringer;
The Singing Citadel;
The Vanishing Tower a.k.a. The Sleeping Sorceress;
Elric Of Melnibonë a.k.a. The Dreaming City;
The Sailor On The Seas Of Fate; Elric At The End Of Time (all from the Elric series);
The Jewel In The Skull; The Mad God's Amulet (first and second books of the Runestaff series);
The Queen Of The Swords;
The King Of The Swords;
The Bull And The Spear;
The Sword And The Stallion (second, third, fourth, and sixth books of the Corum series);
Count Brass (first book of the Castle Brass series)
- C. L. Moore, Jirel Of Joiry
- Kenneth Morris, The Chalchiuhite Dragon
- William Morris, The Glittering Plain; The Water Of The Wondrous Isles; The Sundering Flood; Three Works
- H. Walter Munn, King Of The World's Edge; Merlin's Ring
- Andre Norton, Witch World; Web Of The Witch World; Three Against The Witch World; Year Of The Unicorn; Warlock Of The Witch World; Sorceress Of The Witch World; Spell Of The Witch World (first through seventh of the series)
- Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast; Titus Alone
- Fletcher Pratt, The Blue Star
- Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp, Land Of Unreason
- Clark Ashton Smith, Zothique
- George Henry Smith, Witch Queen Of Lochlann
- Thomas Burnett Swann, Day Of The Minotaur; The Weirwoods; The Dolphin And The Deep; Moondust; Where Is The Bird Of Fire?; The Forest Of Forever; The Goat Without Horns; Green Phoenix; Wolfwinter; The Minikins Of Yam; Lady Of The Bees; Cry Silver Bells
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Ace edition); The Return Of The King (Ballantine edition)
- Jack Vance, The Dying Earth
- Evangeline Walton, The Song Of Rhiannon; Prince Of Annwn
- Roger Zelazny, The Guns Of Avalon; Sign Of The Unicorn; The Hand Of Oberon; The Courts Of Chaos (second through fifth in the Amber series)
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Although this is obviously total folly, because I only have so many bookshelves, and half century old paperbacks are a fire hazard anyway, I'm still looking for a bunch of junk too.
And I'm all ears if anyone has some more suggestions. (JA)
- Leslie Barringer, Gerfalcon; Joris Of The Rock; Shy Leopardess
- Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
- James Branch Cabell, The Cream Of The Jest (Ballantine Adult Fantasy version); Jurgen (Penguin version)
- Lin Carter (editor), Flashing Swords! #2
- Joy Chant, The Grey Mane of Morning; When Voiha Wakes
- John Christopher, The Prince In Waiting; The Sword Of The Spirits
- Avram Davidson, Ursus Of Ultima Thule
- L. Sprague de Camp (editor), Swords And Sorcery; The Spell Of Seven; The Fantastic Swordsmen; Warlocks And Warriors
- Lord Dunsany, Over The Hills And Far Away; The Food Of Death: Fifty-One Tales
- Gardner Fox, Barbarian Swordsman; Kothar Of The Magic Sword; Kothar And The Conjurer's Curse; Kothar And The Wizard Slayer (Belmont versions with Jeff Jones covers)
- Alan Garner, The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen
- Jane Gaskell, The Dragon
- H. Rider Haggard, The People Of The Mist
- Henry Kuttner, The Dark World
- Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu
- H. P. Lovecraft, The Doom That Came To Sarnath
- Patricia A. McKillip, The Throme Of The Errill Of Sherill; The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld
- Richard Monaco, Parsival Or A Knight's Tale
- Michael Moorcock,
The Stealer Of Souls
- Kenneth Morris, The Fates Of The Princes Of Dyfed; Book Of The Three Dragons
- H. Walter Munn, The Ship From Atlantis
- Quinn Reade, Quest Of The Dark Lady
- Clark Ashton Smith, Xiccarph; Poseidonis
- Margaret St. Clair, The Shadow People
- Thomas Burnett Swann, The Gods Abide; Will-O-The-Wisp; etc., etc.
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Ace and Ballantine editions); The Two Towers (Ballantine edition); The Return Of The King (Ace edition)
- Jack Vance, The Eyes Of The Overworld
- T. H. White, Once And Future King
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I have to take some of the blame for Alroy's latest obsession; I think I was the one who pointed him toward Eddison when he was first looking for Tolkien antecedents. To those of you who think fantasy is silly and childish I would say, well, yeah, that's what's so great about it. Except for high fantasy, which is equally silly - or more - but not childish. Anyway, here's some stuff I have lying around somewhere in my apartment, or have read but haven't gotten around to writing up. I'm re-reading Dostoevsky right now, but when I'm done with that I'll be back on the fantasy beat. (DBW)
- Edwin L. Arnold, Gullivar Of Mars
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess Of Mars; The Gods Of Mars; The Warlord Of Mars; Thuvia, Maid Of Mars; The Chessmen Of Mars; The Master Mind Of Mars; A Fighting Man Of Mars; Swords Of Mars; Synthetic Men Of Mars; Llana Of Gathol; John Carter Of Mars
- E. R. Eddison, A Fish Dinner At Memison; The Mezentian Gate
- Robert E. Howard, Conan The Usurper (with L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter); King Kull; The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian; The Bloody Crown Of Conan; The Conquering Sword of Conan
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore; Tehanu
- C. S. Lewis, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader; The Horse And His Boy; The Silver Chair; The Magician's Nephew; The Last Battle
- H. P. Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror and Others
- Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp (based on characters created by Robert E. Howard), Conan The Avenger
- Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast; Titus Alone
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