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Otherwise: Three Novels 9 reviews
John Crowley
Harper Perennial, 2002
An unsung American master
+ Favorite Novel
+ Literary novels of the fantastic
+ 3 lovely early masterpieces...
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Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s 1 review
Philip K. Dick
Library of America, 2008
Re: Excellent collection
As with all the Library of America titles, this collection is superbly edited and presents the best available drafts of the selections. These selections, although less famous than the titles in the earlier Library of America volume, are still interesting, thought-provoking and entertaining to ...
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The Chronicles of Narnia1014 reviews
C. S. Lewis
HarperCollins, 2001
Further up and further in!
+ Fantastic
+ First time reading through
+ Just what I ordered
+ Cs Lewis Chronicles of narnia
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Elric: The Stealer of Souls (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné, Vol. 1) 9 reviews
Michael Moorcock
Del Rey, 2008
Inspiring
+ Getting to Know Elric
+ Elric review
+ Great literary value to the genre
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The Gormenghast Novels116 reviews
Mervyn Peake
Overlook TP, 1995
Surprisingly influential for its time.
+ Have fun storming the Castle
+ the gormenghast novels
+ "A Fairy-tale with no Fairies"
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Sword & Citadel: The Second Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' (New Sun)41 reviews
Gene Wolfe
Orb Books, 1994
A triumphant accomplishment
+ So glad I discovered Wolfe, great read while waiting for Dance with Dragons
+ Enjoyable to a simple reader
+ Amazing.....
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Dark Ladies: 'Conjure Wife' and 'Our Lady of Darkness'9 reviews
Fritz Leiber
Orb Books, 1999
CONJURE WIFE REVIEW ONLY
+ Liked Conjure Wife better than Our Lady of Darkness
+ Two seminal horror classics for the price of one
+ Two Horror Classics
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The Gates to Witch World (Witch World Chronicles)7 reviews
Andre Norton
Orb Books, 2003
Your entry into one of Fantasy's greatest worlds
+ excellent stories - problem is with e-translation.
+ A Great Read
"The Gates to Witch World" combines the first three published Witch World novels of Andre Norton. The first two concern the adventures of Simon Tregarth, and the third, "Year of the Unicorn" is a stand-alone fantasy set in the Dales of High Hallack.
As the first fantasy, "Witch World" (1963) ...
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The Complete Roderick2 reviews
John Sladek
Overlook TP, 2005
A masterpiece
+ For Many, One Roderick is Enough
John T. Sladek made his reputation in the SF community writing clever satires and parodies with the emphasis on AI and Robotics. "Roderick" is the life story of one such robot, and like Sladek's other masterful robot tale "Tik Tok", it involves a huge cast of characters and all kinds of twists and ...
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Viriconium18 reviews
M. John Harrison
Spectra, 2005
A very distinctive cup of tea that's not for everyone
+ Mind-Bending and Challenging
+ Excellent and amazing writer, stories range from okay to superb
The phrase 'a writer's writer' is often trite and overused. But this is the only accurate and concise description that can be applied to M. John Harrison and his work. You're here trying to decide if this book is worth your time and money, and so you'll read a mixture of reviews to make that ...
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Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch ...19 reviews
Philip K. Dick
Library of America, 2007
A Great Introduction to the World of Philip K. Dick
+ Great Volume of Sci-Fi
+ Revernt treatment of science fiction classics
+ A "religious preoccupation"
+ Welcome to the dark, thrilling, paranoid world of PKD
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The Cornelius Quartet: The Final Program, A Cure for Cancer, The English Assassin, The Condition of Muzak20 reviews
Michael Moorcock
Thunder's mouth press, 2001
Stunningly good
+ Eternal Champion a-Go-Go
+ A little imagination helps
+ Moorcock's fabulous sf
+ Here we go again
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The Sarban Omnibus: Ringstones, The Sound of His Horn, The Doll Maker (Sarban)1 review
Author Sarban
Black Mask, 2008
Thank You Blackmask!
Up until 2008 here were your options. Option 1: Track down one of the tattered Ballantine copies of Sarban's three core works (Ringstones, The Sound of His Horn, and The Doll Maker) at prices that are usually reserved for regular hardback novels (about an average of thirty bucks) and sometimes up ...
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The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition36 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 2005
Awesome book in a sturdy printing...
+ The best piece of fiction there is
+ Wonderful Read
+ Convenient
+ This is what all authors should strive to be
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Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné, Vol. 2)1 review
Michael Moorcock
Del Rey, 2008
Elric returns
Huge fan of Elric and Micheal Moorcocks multiverse. I hope this translates well to the movie that is expected to come.
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Tales of the Dying Earth45 reviews
Jack Vance
Orb Books, 2000
A Classic and Defining Work of Fantasy
+ Humor in fantasy
+ Vance struck gold
+ From a weak beginning to supreme mastery
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Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' (New Sun)189 reviews
Gene Wolfe
Orb Books, 1994
Visionary and masterfully complex science fiction
+ My favorite novel
+ Allusions
Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun is a massively complex work of fiction. However, this depth never seems to bog the reader down, instead it further involves the reader in the saga of Severian. Wolfe takes the basic idea of Jack Vance's classic "The Dying Earth," the concept of an Earth far in the ...
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The Slave and The Free: Books 1 and 2 of 'The Holdfast Chronicles': 'Walk to the End of the World' and ...6 reviews
Suzy McKee Charnas
Tor Books, 1999
An unflinching examination of gender, power and violence
+ You need to understand what they're really about...
+ A future world, plausible, very 70's feminism
This volume is a reprint of the first two novels of Charnas's Holdfast series, *Walk to the End of the World* and *Motherlines*. Together, these two novels were awarded a Retrospective Tiptree Award in 1996 and at last they are back in print. Charnas writes in a spare, calm style that sets off the ...
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Rings3 reviews
Charles L. Harness
Nesfa Press, 1999
Recommended for all Charles Harness fans!
+ Great to see this back in print
+ Baroquely imagined trips in space and time
This gathers all Harness 'Ring' stories under one cover, presenting his four science fiction novels in a convenient package. Paradox Man, Ring Of Ritornel and Firebird cover space-time changes and odd settings: readers should enjoy space opera settings and complex plots and will find this an ...
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The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton1 review
Hal Clement
New England Science Fiction Association, 2000
Things are very very heavy there...
I had to chuckle to read that little snippet in the Booklist review at the top of the page. Here are the classic Mesklin novels, stories, and some essay material under one cover at long last... what, you've never read them? Scroll back up and click the yellow button.
Although I, for one, would ...
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