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Thomas the Rhymer 17 reviews
Ellen Kushner
Spectra, 2004
An excellent fantasy story
+ Best description of Faerie I have ever found
+ Strange and beautiful
In this fascinating book, acclaimed author Ellen Kushner takes the old legends of Thomas of Erceldoune (a.k.a. True Thomas the seer and Thomas the Rhymer), and retells them in a fascinating, thoroughly modern style. This is the tale of a bard of no small talent who find himself the object of the ...
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The Physiognomy 24 reviews
Jeffrey Ford
Avon Books, 1997
A Deliciously-Rendered Dystopia
+ Phine Start to a Trilogy
+ FORD IS AMAZING
+ Add some heart, and it would be perfect.
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Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was 168 reviews
Barry Hughart
Del Rey, 1985
It's called Fantasy for a reason
+ A Must
+ amazing novel
+ Exhilarating - The best book I've read this year
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Bid Time Return 34 reviews
Richard Matheson
Ballantine Books (Mm), 1976
Being Actually There Makes it Even Better
+ ROMANTIC AND POIGNANT...THE LONGING IS PALPABLE...
+ Bid Time Return
+ ROMANTIC AND POIGNANT...THE LONGING IS PALPABLE...
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Replay298 reviews
Ken Grimwood
Harper Paperbacks, 1998
Replay
+ Provocative and thought-producing, worth a re-read
+ If only I knew then what I know now...
The premise of the book is what we all wonder about as we are going to sleep. What would you change if you could live your life over? Replay provides you the wisdom of deciphering how to live this life with proper persepctive. This read could be a text book for a class in Phsych. Someone needs to ...
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Nifft the Lean (Panther Books)6 reviews
Michael Shea
Grafton, 1985
It's a shame really...
+ Super Reader
+ If you like Robert E. Howard you will like Nifft
+ Horrifying. Wildly Imaginative. Funny. Superb.
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Last Call46 reviews
Tim Powers, 1996
Surprised nobody's mentioned Charles Williams
+ Insert winning poker hand pun here
+ Good Call
+ Myth meets the Mundane
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Lyonesse (Fantasy Masterworks)11 reviews
Jack Vance
Gollancz, 2002
Great Novel - Bad Edition (Masterworks paperback)
+ Oh My God
+ Vance's masterpiece trilogy of fantasy
+ Forgotten early 80s epic fantasy by a SF grandmaster; dated yet still surprisingly modern.
+ A diamond in the rough
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Little, Big117 reviews
John Crowley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Poetic diversion
+ This may well be my favorite book of all time
+ Simply Magnificant, Stellar, Wonderful, and Everything Between
To be fair, this book is not for everyone. In rapt affection, i read passages to my friend, and he balked at the superfluous language. He is a man who enjoys concise, dense language full of references that would make Pound proud. He doesn't read poetry, or like language for the sake of language. ...
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Kafka on the Shore177 reviews
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2006
Kafka on the Shore Review
+ Afterthoughts on Kafka on the Shore
+ Kafka on the Shore
The brilliance of Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore appears to me more in what is unexplained than what is evident in the literal text. Although I am initially drawn to books that contain a rich and unique plot, a quality that Kafka displayed throughout the entire novel, I was actually more ...
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Antelope Wife, The15 reviews
HarperCollins e-books, 2005
The power of love
+ wonderful craftsmanship
Lousie Erdrich's writing wraps the reader in intricate strands of symbolism, characters and shifting time and place. Stories are woven, questions are raised and as time passes answered. The strands begin to straighten out and make sense. Re-reading the book to get it all straight is a treat and ...
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Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' (New Sun)187 reviews
Gene Wolfe
Orb Books, 1994
Visionary and masterfully complex science fiction
+ My favorite novel
+ Allusions
+ A Book of Gold
+ Absolutely Wonderful!
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Ombria in Shadow27 reviews
Patricia A. McKillip
Ace Trade, 2003
poetic romp
+ good read
Ombria in Shadow is a great book. Patricia McKillip's true conquest is one of language. It took me two chapters to really find a groove with the reading, but once I did, the book wasn't long enough. I kept wanting the chapters to be longer, I kept wanting to spend more time with the characters. For ...
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Doctor Rat21 reviews
William Kotzwinkle
Marlowe & Company, 1997
Madness as Education
+ Highly recommended reading
+ Not perfect but not horrible either
+ Charlotte's Web this ain't
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Boy's Life261 reviews
Robert McCammon
Pocket, 1992
Awsome Book!
+ Hardy boys with a bit of Harry Potter sprinkled in...
+ A great read. How did I miss this one???
+ Not just a Boys Life
+ one of my all time favorite books
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel723 reviews
Susanna Clarke, 2004
The Indescribable Double Life of Lady Pole
+ Spreading the reach of British magic
+ A fun adventure.
Picture an England during the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century, very much like the historical England, recognizable in many ways to readers familiar with the period, except that this England has a magical past, a distant connection to medieval English magic which has dissipated and ...
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Declare65 reviews
Tim Powers
HarperTorch, 2002
A stunning novel
+ An assured work by a master
+ Fantastic Read! A Fusion of Spy and Supernatural!
DECLARE immerses the reader in a mid-twentieth century spy world where a greater, miasmic cause eclipses the Cold War between communism and capitalism. Kim Philby, the real life British turncoat, plays a fascinating and fatalistic role in Tim Powers' globe-trotting adventure aimed at the ...
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer400 reviews
Patrick Suskind
Knopf, 1986
Chillingly brilliant
+ Original and delightful!
It's been a while since I read a book that has truly shocked me: 'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind is a disturbing and original novel. Set in 18th century France, this is the story of Jean-Baptiste Grunouille, who has a super-human sense of smell but no natural body-odour of his own. He obsessively ...
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Galveston22 reviews
Sean Stewart
Ace, 2002
Fascinating book, maddening but understandable ending
+ It Just Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
+ Wind-up is better than the pitch.
+ A dark and gritty magic-realism romp.
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The Prestige89 reviews
Christopher Priest
Tor Books, 2006
Enchanting!
+ The Prestige
+ great story
This is an amazing story filled with all the suspense and intrigue you've come to expect from modern thrillers and even more. Priest creates two believable characters and sets them afloat in a self-inflicted storm of revenge and regret. Borden and Angier grab you by the throat and don't let go. ...
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