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1cosmicdolphin
I'm looking for any interesting novels mixing a high level of english folklore with fantasy.
2atimco
How about Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke?
A less challenging (but also excellent) read is Elizabeth Marie Pope's The Perilous Gard.
A less challenging (but also excellent) read is Elizabeth Marie Pope's The Perilous Gard.
3ErlendSkjelten
The Dark is Rising. Not so much the first book, which was written without the series in mind, but the rest of series draws heavily on both Arthurian and other British folklore. It's one of my personal favourites.
5kmaziarz
A bunch to get you going:
The Promethean Age series by Elizabeth Bear (start with Blood and Iron); Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia Wrede; Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan; Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle; and Singer of Souls by Adam Stemple
The Promethean Age series by Elizabeth Bear (start with Blood and Iron); Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia Wrede; Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan; Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle; and Singer of Souls by Adam Stemple
6cosmicdolphin
I might add I'm generally not a big fan of Fae/Faery as it's been terribly overused across the years.
7Jim53
Gene Wolfe's Castleview, subtitled "An Arthurian Epic of Modern Illinois," describes an intrusion of various folkloric characters into the life of an automobile dealer.
8ErlendSkjelten
4> shhh. There is no movie.
9JannyWurts
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Check out the Pendragon Cycle, including Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead
Not fantasy, but Jennifer Roberson is known for fantasy, and she wrote Lady of the Glen which is a retelling of Robin Hood.
Also the Keltiad series, by Kinnealy - forget the full author name.
Check out the Pendragon Cycle, including Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead
Not fantasy, but Jennifer Roberson is known for fantasy, and she wrote Lady of the Glen which is a retelling of Robin Hood.
Also the Keltiad series, by Kinnealy - forget the full author name.
10JannyWurts
Ah, also, Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
11tardis
Alan Garner's books: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Moon of Gomrath, Elidor and The Owl Service all have a folklore background. Welsh, mostly.
12marietherese
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean might interest you. I thought it was rather uneven and too long but have friends whose taste I generally respect who absolutely adore it.
15ringman
9>the Keltiad series is by Patricia Kennealy, sometimes writing as Patricia Kennealy Morrison
16Cecrow
There's the Prydain Chronicles beginning with The Book of Three, but then I suppose that's based on Welsh legends rather than strictly English.
17SimonW11
the Garner novels are more English than Welsh apart from the owl service.
think my two offerings are nearest the mark though
think my two offerings are nearest the mark though
18SimonW11
The Garner novels are more English than Welsh apart from the owl service.
think my two offerings are nearest the mark though Katherine M Briggs is a noted british fooklorist
think my two offerings are nearest the mark though Katherine M Briggs is a noted british fooklorist
19humouress
Robin McKinley does retellings of fairytales.
Lloyd Alexander's 'Chronicles of Prydain' have a Welsh leaning.
Lloyd Alexander's 'Chronicles of Prydain' have a Welsh leaning.
21ronincats
Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling is a children's classic, well worth reading. It brings in most of the classic English folklore.

