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Final book in the mystery category
Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Review: http://bfishreads.blogspot.com/2009/11/review-fables-1-legends-in-exile-by.html
... for a ride and made me swoon, then made me sad, then made me swoon again. Oh, and I just finished reading the full run of Fables TPB's, which was great fun. ... – The Diamond Age
Isaac Asimov – Oceans of Venus
Tony Attwood – Blakes 7 Program Guide
Robert Silverberg – Legends
Robert Silverberg – Far Horizons
Robert G Barrett – Davo’s Little Something
Robert G Barrett – Leaving Bondi
Robert G Barrett – The Tesla Legacy ... The Legends and Legends II anthologies are excellent short story collections of fantasy by most of the genre's most popular authors - although they generally extend to novella length.
Edit: perhaps my favourite short story collection in all fantasy, or so I consider it, is Majipoor Chronicle ... ... fantasy stories can still use the standard plots, but they do it from a new angle, or bend the rules to dazzle the readers (Fables, by Bill Willingham is a wonderful example). As of late my favourite Fantasy books are definitely stand alone ones (Neverwhere), or series that seem to be going ... ... Toibin
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The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle
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Daphne by Justine Picardie
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Exile by Denise Mina
Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro I'm rereading Denise Mina's Exile, since I am in the mood for something I know will be good. She's just a great writer and it's the perfect book for the sweaty end of summer since the book features cold mornings and spiteful rain.
I went by the library this morning to reserve Evil at Hear ... ... but this is one that isn't a port from a book or a continuation of another series worked on by others.
That being said, Fables is another series I've seen a lot of folks that like Sandman also reading... Unread in a Series
1.Exile
2.Resolution
3.The Godfather Returns
4.In a Dry Season
5.Cold is the Grave
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Bonus: They're too well-known to be balked at?
I finished Fables: Legends in Exile today. Not quite the book I was expecting to read, but hey who's complaining? ^-~ (Better yet, I have time left today with which to read even more! Or watch a movie. I might watch a movie instead. Do something ... ... First Canon of Justice vol 1 by Sam Sarkar
Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot
Neotopia vol 2 by Ros Espinosa
Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
The Wizard’s Tale by Kurt Busiek and David Wenzel
The Weird of the White Wolf by Michael Moorcock (But then in graphic ... ... Book of Conspiracies
8. Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot
9.
Fables
1. Fables 1
2. Fables 2
3. Fables 3
4. Fables 4
5. Fables 5
6. Fabl ... ... of the Y, The Last Man TPBs. As soon as I complete The Sandman collection, of course. And I'd like to have some issues of Fables, only it's an ongoing comic, so... But it's got such gorgeous art!
Yesterday I bought a gorgeous book for my mom on Catalan cooking (her parents were Majorcan, ... ... read about half of book one so far...
As for what I'm reading now? I have a strong impulse to read Bill Willingham's Fables series from the beginning... ... first heard of The Big Clock but it is very absorbing and quite enjoyable in the noir-ish manner.
The plot arch begun in Fables: Legends in Exile seems likely to be interesting and worth reading, but the problem of graphic novels strikes again: the illustrations are somewhat repellent, and ... ... Bear, the new book in Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crimes series right now.
anxiously awaiting the next installment of Fables by Bill Willingham, Fables: The Dark Ages, but it's not out until August. I started with the first collected volume Legends in Exile. I've only read the first three collections so far (Animal Farm and Storybook Love are the next two) and have really enjoyed them so far. I particularly enjoy its version of the Big Bad Wolf. I have developed a sort of crush on him ... ... doesn't 'show' enough in his writing. Barry Eisler (John Rain series) is a much better writer.
Next I plan to read Exile by Richard North Patterson. I haven't read Exile, but I have read Caravan. ... Some of my favorites in no particular order are:
Bone (series), by Jeff Smith
Sandman (series), by Neil Gaiman
Fables (series), by Bill Willingham
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Blankets, by Craig Thompson
Promethea, by Alan Moore ... by John Connolly
34.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban by J.K. Rowling
35.Avengers Initiative by Dan Slott
36.Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
37.The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Jul
38.TV Cream Toys by Steve Berry
39.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. ... If you like Fairy Tale retellings and graphic novels, have you tried Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham at all? It's a bit more on the adult side of the graphic novel spectrum, but they're very good and very well drawn. It goes on for a few more after that...not that I'd try to ... ... Hale 1-13-09
Ethel and Ernest: A True Story by Raymond Briggs 1-17-09
The Arrival by Shaun Tan 1-18-09
Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham 1-18-09
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming 1-29-09
Stinky: a Toon Book by Eleanor Davis 8-1 ... ... Ness
7. Gone by Michael Grant (560 pages and free online . . . )
8. The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing
9. Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham ... all been light books I picked up for myself (and now feel a need to reccomend to everyone).
Graphic novel (& the series): Fables, Scifi/Humor: Outrageous Fortune & Apocalyptic: Go Go girls of the Apocalypse. ... for my 999 Challenge:
The Time Traveler's Wife,
The Age of Innocence,
Mrs. Dalloway,
The Complete Persepolis,
Fables: Legends in Exile and
V for Vendetta.
And I received The Last Lecture, which I'll read (and cry over) before the new year. Camel Club by David Baldacci
Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama
Not On Our Watch by Don Cheadle
Exile by Richard Patterson North
The Race by Richard Patterson North If you enjoyed Fables: Legends in Exile, you will want to read Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall. It's a prequel of sorts, giving a little more background on the Fables cast. It's told in a more prose fashion with accompanying illustrations by a variety of artists, but it is an excellent ... ... (age 6) reading the book on his own and actually singing the words.
Fiction: Graphic
94. Willingham, Bill: Fables: Legends in Exile (Tucker’s)
This is my first time reading a “graphic novel” and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Tucker chose this title for me ... ... read in two hours for pure escapism.
One series that I find rises to a higher level caliber than my usual choice is the Fables series by Bill Willingham. This series has very interesting plot lines and quality writing, I highly recommend it. The premise is that fairy tale/folk tale ... ... by Art Spiegelman
3. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
4. Palestine by Joe Sacco
5. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
6. Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
7. The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar
8. Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
9. Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman ... by Alan Moore
2. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
3. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
4. Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
5. The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar
6. Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
7. Palestine by Joe Sacco
8. Rapunzel's ... ... Mina this will be pure pleasure, but I'm curious to see if I'll love them as much as I did the first time
2. Exile by Denise Mina
3. Resolution by Denise Mina
4. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
5. Miracle ... ... male wish fulfillment, on golden era comics such as superman, batman, captain america, etc etc. it hooked me.
i too read Fables. I just finished BKV's Y: The Last Man series. I read a lot more graphic novels or one-offs, such as Watchmen, From Hell, Ghost World, V for Vendetta, A Co ... Always read comics, but started buying them after seeing the X-Men cartoon.
Current titles:
Fables, Runaways, Ex Machina, New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, X-Factor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... es
4. Far North
5. The Day Watch
6. The Twilight Watch
7. Brisingr
8. Homeland
9. Exile
... can't get this as a single volume, the series is done, so you won't have to wait around for subsequent issues to arrive.
Fables is spectacular, but it isn't finished. There are 10 trade paperbacks out now, plus a bonus book that is really wonderful (it's a prequel). I too hate waiting for ... ... Butler was by far the best book I read last month. (One of the best all year, actually.)
If I had to pick two more:
Fables: Legends in Exile
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Fables Volume 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Fables Volume 2: Animal Farm
Fables Volume 3: Storybook Love
Fables Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Fables Volume 5: The Mean Seasons
Fables Volume 6: Homelands
Fables Volume 7: Arabian Nights (And Days)
Fables Vol ... Ok, here's a small update with some new books.
9. Homeland - R. A. Salvatore
10. Exile - R. A. Salvatore
11. Sojourn - R. A. Salvatore
12. The Automatic Millionaire - David Bach
I just finished The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold yesterday, which I thought was thoroughly beautiful.
Haven't started anything new yet, but I think I'll go with Legends, a collection of short stories by Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Ursula K. Leguin, etc. Now that we have series in CK, we can now keep things more separate. Then you can go over to the series listing and see the global wash for an umbrella title. The various "Legends" (Short novels, etc) of Silverberg et al perhaps need a consistent grouping in series. There is one series already ... 17F.) Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Fairy tale characters driven from their homes by a faceless enemy create a shadow of life and a cohesive society in our world.
I am so, so, so glad I picked this up. I usually follow my brothers lead when it comes to comic books (yes, even ... Fun! Here is my progress so far
Mystery/Suspense
1. Exile by Richard North Patterson
2. Past Perfect: A Novel by Susan Issacs
Romance
1. Ice Blue by Anne Stuart
2. The You I Knew by Susan Wiggs
Nonfiction
1. Night by Elie Wiesel
2. Manhunt: the 12-day chase for Lincoln's Ki ...
Fun! Here is my progress so far
Mystery/Suspense
1. Exile by Richard North Patterson
2. Past Perfect: A Novel by Susan Issacs
Romance
1. Ice Blue by Anne Stuart
2. The You I Knew by Susan Wiggs
Nonfiction
1. Night by Elie Wiesel
2. Manhunt: the 12-day chase for Lin ... Progress......
Mystery/Suspense
1. Exile by Richard North Patterson
2. Past Perfect: A Novel by Susan Issacs
Romance
1. Ice Blue by Anne Stuart
2. The You I Knew by Susan Wiggs
Nonfiction
1. Night by Elie Wiesel
Historical Fiction
1. The Queen's Fool by Phillippa Greg ... ... to Wolves
I've loved everything I've read by Sarah Monette, but this is my favorite so far.
Bill Willingham - Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
Pretty good. It didn't really grab me, but the story was interesting.
My progress:
Total: 7/50
Nonfiction: 4/25
By Women: 5/25 ... not Shia, please!!!).
Continuing (I can't spell today) with the comic theme, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to see a movie made of Fables. But that would be extremely complex! And I mean a live-action film, not an animated feature. One can dream, though...
#16
Actually, I think Ender's Game is ... Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
128 pages / 2002 / 4 Stars / Graphic Novel
Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham and Lan Medina collects the first 5 issues of the Fables series published by the DC Comics imprint, Vertigo. It follows the ... I want to second #19's nomination of Fables by Bill Willingham.
The Merlin Codex - Robert Holdstock (Containing Celtika, The Iron Grail, and The Broken Kings)
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
The Dark Elf Trilogy - R. A. Salvatore
If my son had a vote he'd ... ... 26 Letters Shaped the Western World
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm
Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love
Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Fables Vol. 5: The Mean S ... ... ***1/2
50. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman *****
51. Sunshine by Robin McKinley ****
Graphic Novels:
Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham ***1/2
Ultimate X-men: Return to Weapon X by Mark Millar ***
Audiobooks:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ... Feeling depressed? Try some depression era literature.
1. Cimarron, Edna Ferber 37 copies
2. Exile, Warwick Deeping 1 copy
3. The Woman of Andros, Thornton Wilder 12 copies
4. Years of Grace, Margaret Ayer Barnes 10 copies
5. Angel Pavement, J. B. Priestley ... ... Carey. It took a while to get into but I'm glad I stuck with it, although it took almost 2 weeks! Gahh!
Now reading Fables: Legends in Exile, The Golden Compass and In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson (off and on, it's been several weeks since it was last 'on'). Also listening ... I seems these problems arise from a few users who have entered different volumes (w/different ISBNs) but with only Fables or Fables (Fables S) or Fables (Vertigo) as the title. The titles, entered without a more specific name, end up combined with other ISBNs, which, in turn, result in ... ... past, but the series seems to focus more on the aftermaths of those relationships than the relationships themselves.
Fables isn't a romance either, but it does have a very nice love story running throughout. Same with Y: The Last Man.
Sorry, I'm having trouble thinking of non-Vertigo ... ... Castellucci and Jim Rugg
19. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
20. Fables Vol.1: Legends In Exile by Bill Willingham
21. Fables Vol.2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
22. Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham
23 ... ... but don't you think Guy Pearce could've played him? plus, he's British, non?)
4) V, from V for Vendetta
5) Jack, from Fables
Ok, this is getting out of hand!!! :P
#11 ==> haha at Randal Graves, he rules!
"I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I ... ... Apples' in the collection 'Smoke and Mirrors' which is the best retelling of Snow White I've ever read.
Thumbs up for Fables as well. ... however you will be agonising over the last 2 volumes, as you may not want to know what happens to the King of Dreams.
Fables is a good read too, but the hardcover volume 1001 Nights of Snowfall is a bit tough to swallow, as it features the horrific backstory of how the Fairy Tale ... 26. Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham.
So this is the first of the Fables graphic novels. I like the premise a lot. Characters from fables are forced out of their lands by the Adversary and now live in New York City. We get to see such popular characters as Snow White, Prince ... If I ever start putting comics in, I might group them by collections - like if the first Fables trade collects issues #1-6, then I would list Fables #1-6 as one book and on the author works page, merge it with the trade.
Yes, this would require a lot of work, but I think it might be worth it. I got Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile and the second volume as well, quite interesting take on fairytale characters. Basically in the first volume, the Beast from Beauty and the Beast is having marriage counselling because he keeps turning back into a beast when his wife is angry, also, Snow White ... Lots of people reading Fables here - excellent. (I'm reading it in comic form rather than trade, and it's one of the only books I'm caught up on because it's really great).
I'm waiting for Doktor Sleepless, the new Warren Ellis book that's due out in July. I haven't been this excited for ... ... - oh, and (not that I'm cover obsessed) I really like the look of the cover, reminds of the covers to Bill Willingham's Fables graphic novels, another major plus for me as I love those graphic novels. ... It´s THE most artistic comic I ever read.
Other suggestions from me would have been Strangers in Paradise, Sandman, Fables and from the alternativ-list Poison Elves.
But as the others already said, It´s your decision and most of all your taste that counts.
Hello I´m new here.
But I would like to give some suggestions.
If you like Vertigo-Style (I myself like Fables) comics you should try out Strain a strait yakuza-story, Agharta by Takahal Matsumoto a dystopian future or Eden by Hiroki Endo.
But the point most important is have fun. ... and got American Born Chinese in my shipment today. I've never read a graphic novel, and now I have that and Fables: Legends in Exile to break myself in! ;)
ArmyAngel!! That's the good thing about this challenge though, in that you can give yourself a couple of days per month ... ... uber
Last Dance (Seer Series) by Linda Joy Singleton
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper ... ... is "classic" yet but some good titles are (linking some of the collections here):
Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan
Fables by Bill Willingham
Runaways also by Brian K. Vaughan ... choose to fail or succeed
Celtika
The historian : a novel
Alpha beta : how 26 letters shaped the Western world
Fables: Legends in Exile
Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm
Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love
Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Fables Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons
F ... I'm always pleased to see someone else buy a Fables graphic novel :-)
My Next Big Thing is waiting for the next Y the Last Man - I can see up there that back in October I hadn't even started reading this series, and now I can't imagine having not read it ;-) Great stuff, and it's inspired ... I haven't read comics in a looooonnggg time but I recently purchased Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall and Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham from Amazon.com. They look really good. I hope they get here soon! #5 - SamHouston -- How did you like Exile? ... set in 16th Italy, including appearances from the infamous Borgia clan.
Finally, for comic fans, I'd suggest the series Fables. It's about the characters from various fairy tales driven out of their own worlds and forced to take residence in ours. Most of it deals with it's own plot - rather ... ... about that book on Harriet Shaw Weaver...
and...
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Greendragongirl (nice name, btw :-) - I hope you enjoy Fables: Legends in Exile... I've made it my personal mission to promote the Fables graphic novels whenever I can. ... was excellent. I love a book that will make me cry, heh.
Now I am reading Inkspell by Cornelia Funke and also the Fables: Legends in Exile grphic novel. I've finished The Other Side of the Bridge, How Nashville Became Music City, Hide and Seek, Exile and Them so far in 2007.
I ejoyed each of them except for my one "big book" of the year, Them, that one I wouldn't recommend to anyone but the most serious Joyce Carol Oates fan.
... ...
And Preacher is just effed up. I'm normally not really into things that are so dark, but it's compellingly told.
Fables does seem a bit lighter, though. I just read the first issue of Fables (I love it when my boss is out before big holidays) downloaded thanks to your tip about Vertigo, and I really liked it! I'll have to get the rest of them. Definitely a good tip.
*Gives an enthusiastic thumbs up* ... to reading it. I guess it's time I fixed that.
P.S. If you're interested the vertigo website has the first issue of Fables (and several other series, including Preacher) available for download. It just the first issue, not the first collected volume, and it is not the highest quality ... ... Series? It ran from 1992 - 1995, and was a FABULOUS cartoon... okay, back on topic.)
I will have to check out both Fables and Black Orchid!
You know what else was really good? Preacher by Garth Ennis. It's about a man who was a preacher and then discovered he had a power ... ... on titles.
I looooooooooooooooved Goose Girl by Shannon Hale.
I also really like the strictly-for-adults only Fables graphic novel series.
ArmyAngel1986--if you like Rumplestiltskin, try Witch's Boy. I just finished it today. I think it tried to do too much and include too ... Fables: Legends in Exile was fairly ordinary, I thought, but Fables: Animal Farm was good. That is all I have read so far. Still don't think I'd go out of my way to get them.
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