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... series. It’s quietly epic – lots of political shifting sands and philosophy and much less action than is in his The Worm Ouroboros (probably the best epic fantasy ever written – too bad it’s a single volume work).
Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain series (The Book of Three) is ... Category 6: Fantasy Masterworks
Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
Time and the Gods, Lord Dunsany
The Worm Ouroboros, E.R. Eddison
Tales of the Dying Earth, Jack Vance
Little, Big, John Crowley
The Chronicles of Amber, Roger Zelazny
Viriconium, M. John Harrison
The Con ... I've been to a few places recently including watching the demons battle in worm ouroboros but I'm currentl in Aleria watching the Marat battle in Furies of calderon ... magic was neat but not fully developed, far from the joy and fun of mistborn and the characters even worse.
The worm ouroboros - classic gothic fantasy literature, apparently one of Tolkein's inspirations. the flowery descriptive prose is occasionally reminiscnet, but the world ... ... or The Forgotten Beasts of Eld. Gene Wolfe's Castleview is tremendous fun. Little, Big deserves a place, as does The Worm Ouroboros if we're looking at early sources. For younger readers I would add the Prydain chronicles, Mary Stewart's Merlin series, The Once and Future King, Geor ... the worm ouroboros which I've nearly finished. It's decidedly odd. Some of it's quite good, and some of it's badly let down by continuity errors, and some attrocious "letters" authentically reproduced with almost unreadable spelling. ... foreigner
I shouldn;t really be buying books. I'm on a Sony Ereader now, and have a huge backlog. I recently downloaded the worm ouroboros and allan quartermain. BUT I happened to be passing Waterstones and had a brouse. I escaped with academ's fury halting state silks and the sam ... Having read warbreaker which wasn't as good as it could have been I'm now going for a change of pace and reading The worm ouroboros ... i won't even look for an audio version.
the city of bells, however, is winging its way thither along with the worm ouroboros and several other treats.
'celebrate diversity,' i say.
thanks again for the review and the response to my query. ... Ship of Destiny (in English)
6. Christopher Stasheff: Her Majesty´s Wizard (in English)
7. E.R. Eddison: The Worm Ouroboros (in English)
8. George MacDonald: Phantastes (in English)
9. Barry Hughart: Bridge of Birds (in English)
... we also have from his era, CS Lewis (Though I have never read any of his work) We have before them E.R.Eddison and his The Worm Ouroboros, after we have Robert Howard and Conan leading us to Pulp heroes.
Tolkien came on strong in the 60's and in the 80's we see Robert Jordan and ... ... from Better World Books:
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
The Worm Ouroboros by E R Eddison
The Alchemist's Daughter by Katharine McMahon
The Alchemist's Daughter by Eileen Kernaghan
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Albe ... SF: Book of the New Sun, Left Hand of Darkness,The Stars My Destination
Fantasy: The Odyssey, {Lord of the Rings, The Worm Ouroboros
Lit: Huck Finn, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Romance: The Lions of al-Rassan
Humor: A Confederacy of Dunces, Freddy and Fredericka
humor ... Serpent by David Wiltse
The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin
The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Edison
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
I just read the first two on the list and enjoyed them both, esp. The Serpent's Tale. I read the others long ... ... out of print in the U.S. for a long time, and I don't refer to the sword-and-sorcery schlock from the pre-war pulps--think The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison, or the novels of George Macdonald and William Morris. Too often that great corner of literature falls into the exclusive custody of ... ...
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake I'd recommend The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison, sometimes it's a bit too detailed describing things but I've never read such thrilling battles. ... Cabell
The Well at the World's End by William Morris, Vol I & II
The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison (there is a whole series connected to this)
Beyond the Golden Stair by Hannes Bok
to name a few ... as busy buying as you people have recently. In the last few weeks I've only bought these:
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
The Professor by Charlotte Brontë
Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life by Montel William
... Shadow. you might be able to classify those under the elemental magics series.
Illusion by Paula Volsky
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
Bitterbynde trilogy by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Fox Spirit by Mickey Zucker Reichert
... his Fionavar trilogy, which is not as well written as his later work but still a fine fantasy.
E.R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros is a classic. His Zimianvian trilogy is pretty uneven and probably more of historical interest, although it has some fun characters and the style is ... ... one or more (list will expand accordingly)
5. The Mabinogion Tetralogy, one or more (list will expand accordingly)
6. The Worm Ouroboros or The Power that Preserves
7. Dying of the Light or The Illearth War
8. A Game of Thrones or Lord Foul's B ... Are we including Science Fiction? How about Jules Verne, Ray Bradbury, The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison, Lilith by George MacDonald, or The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris? I want to put in a vote for The Worm Ourobouros along with the two earlier people who talked about the book. It's wonderful and unlike *any* other work of fantasy on the market. I wish it were more widely recognized. Hi everyone--what a fun idea this group is. llamagirl, I'd like you to review The Ourobouros by Coale--the title is so exotic. Tea with the Black Dragon
The Bright Phoenix
The Worm Ouroboros
The Kraken Wakes
Flower Fairies of the Spring
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
The Hornet's Nest by Sally Watson
Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk
The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer
The Bee-Man of Orn by Frank R. Stockton ... Hed, etc., by Patricia McKillip
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
... about The People can be annoyingly preachy at times, but are nicely told in between, and Eric Rucker Eddison. His The Worm Ouroboros is an old favorite, and the Zimiamvian bookshave lots of fun moments, although they can be tough sledding at times.
aarti, I agree that several of the ... ... E.R. Eddison to be the most convincing creator of invented worlds he had seen (at least up to 1957). The books The Worm Ouroboros, Mistress of Mistresses, A Fish Dinner in Memison and The Mezentian Gate are listed.
He loved The Death of Grass by John Christopher and ... ... of Melnibone
Robert E. Howard's The Coming of Conan or many other variations in publication
E. R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros
Roger Zelazny's The Great Book of Amber and variations
David Gemmell's Legend and assorted Drenai tales
Steven Brust's Jhereg and ... ... maybe.
Lud in the Mist is probably the book I liked the most that I would never have read otherwise.
I also liked The Worm Ouroboros (sp?) but would have probably found that anyway since Fritz Leiber mentioned Brandoch Daha in the intro to one of his books and I was keeping an eye out ...
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