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Completed my big Fantasy read. A mix of 50 novels, novellas or short stories each month.
For pre-1600, I used translation dates.
1600s-1790s: 6
1800s-1890s: 28
1900s-1920s : 28
1930s-1940s: 32
1950s-1960s: 50
1970s-1980s: 60
1990s-2000s: 103
2010s-2020s: 93I read about 26,000 pages of Fantasy in seventeen fortnight. Mayhap, thou asketh hath this affected me? Verily, I tell thee, methinks not.
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Completed my big Fantasy read. A mix of 50 novels, novellas or short stories each month.
For pre-1600, I used translation dates.
1600s-1790s: 6
1800s-1890s: 28
1900s-1920s : 28
1930s-1940s: 32
1950s-1960s: 50
1970s-1980s: 60
1990s-2000s: 103
2010s-2020s: 93I read about 26,000 pages of Fantasy in seventeen fortnight. Mayhap, thou asketh hath this affected me? Verily, I tell thee, methinks not.
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Completed my big Fantasy read. A mix of 50 novels, novellas or short stories each month.
For pre-1600, I used translation dates.
1600s-1790s: 6
1800s-1890s: 28
1900s-1920s : 28
1930s-1940s: 32
1950s-1960s: 50
1970s-1980s: 60
1990s-2000s: 103
2010s-2020s: 93I read about 26,000 pages of Fantasy in seventeen fortnight. Mayhap, thou asketh hath this affected me? Verily, I tell thee, methinks not.
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Completed my big Fantasy read. A mix of 50 novels, novellas or short stories each month.
For pre-1600, I used translation dates.
1600s-1790s: 6
1800s-1890s: 28
1900s-1920s : 28
1930s-1940s: 32
1950s-1960s: 50
1970s-1980s: 60
1990s-2000s: 103
2010s-2020s: 93I read about 26,000 pages of Fantasy in seventeen fortnight. Mayhap, thou asketh hath this affected me? Verily, I tell thee, methinks not.
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Completed my big Fantasy read. A mix of 50 novels, novellas or short stories each month.
For pre-1600, I used translation dates.
1600s-1790s: 6
1800s-1890s: 28
1900s-1920s : 28
1930s-1940s: 32
1950s-1960s: 50
1970s-1980s: 60
1990s-2000s: 103
2010s-2020s: 93I read about 26,000 pages of Fantasy in seventeen fortnight. Mayhap, thou asketh hath this affected me? Verily, I tell thee, methinks not.
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Latest read, Troll Bridge (1992) by Terry Pratchett, from After the King; aging, cigarette smoking Cohen the Barbarian reminisces about 'the old days' with a troll.
Cohen: remember the big old wars, don't you? You must have fought.
Troll: I carried a club, yeah.
Cohen: It was supposed to be for a bright new future & law & stuff. That's what people said.
Troll: Well, I fought because a big troll with a whip told me to. But I know what you mean.400 of #400FantasyStories #Books #Fantasy
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Latest read, Troll Bridge (1992) by Terry Pratchett, from After the King; aging, cigarette smoking Cohen the Barbarian reminisces about 'the old days' with a troll.
Cohen: remember the big old wars, don't you? You must have fought.
Troll: I carried a club, yeah.
Cohen: It was supposed to be for a bright new future & law & stuff. That's what people said.
Troll: Well, I fought because a big troll with a whip told me to. But I know what you mean.400 of #400FantasyStories #Books #Fantasy
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Latest read, Troll Bridge (1992) by Terry Pratchett, from After the King; aging, cigarette smoking Cohen the Barbarian reminisces about 'the old days' with a troll.
Cohen: remember the big old wars, don't you? You must have fought.
Troll: I carried a club, yeah.
Cohen: It was supposed to be for a bright new future & law & stuff. That's what people said.
Troll: Well, I fought because a big troll with a whip told me to. But I know what you mean.400 of #400FantasyStories #Books #Fantasy
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Latest read, Troll Bridge (1992) by Terry Pratchett, from After the King; aging, cigarette smoking Cohen the Barbarian reminisces about 'the old days' with a troll.
Cohen: remember the big old wars, don't you? You must have fought.
Troll: I carried a club, yeah.
Cohen: It was supposed to be for a bright new future & law & stuff. That's what people said.
Troll: Well, I fought because a big troll with a whip told me to. But I know what you mean.400 of #400FantasyStories #Books #Fantasy
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Latest read, Troll Bridge (1992) by Terry Pratchett, from After the King; aging, cigarette smoking Cohen the Barbarian reminisces about 'the old days' with a troll.
Cohen: remember the big old wars, don't you? You must have fought.
Troll: I carried a club, yeah.
Cohen: It was supposed to be for a bright new future & law & stuff. That's what people said.
Troll: Well, I fought because a big troll with a whip told me to. But I know what you mean.400 of #400FantasyStories #Books #Fantasy
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Latest read, The Ball Room (2005) by China Mieville, from Looking for Jake; a security guard senses a presence in a department store's playroom (knee-high in colorful plastic balls) and, after hours, sees a strange little girl in the room.
Terrific. A Bradbury or Rod Serling-like feel-- but with Mieville's modernism.
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Latest read, The Ball Room (2005) by China Mieville, from Looking for Jake; a security guard senses a presence in a department store's playroom (knee-high in colorful plastic balls) and, after hours, sees a strange little girl in the room.
Terrific. A Bradbury or Rod Serling-like feel-- but with Mieville's modernism.
399 of #400FantasyStories #DarkFantasy #Fantasy #Books #ShortStory -
Latest read, The Ball Room (2005) by China Mieville, from Looking for Jake; a security guard senses a presence in a department store's playroom (knee-high in colorful plastic balls) and, after hours, sees a strange little girl in the room.
Terrific. A Bradbury or Rod Serling-like feel-- but with Mieville's modernism.
399 of #400FantasyStories #DarkFantasy #Fantasy #Books #ShortStory -
Latest read, The Ball Room (2005) by China Mieville, from Looking for Jake; a security guard senses a presence in a department store's playroom (knee-high in colorful plastic balls) and, after hours, sees a strange little girl in the room.
Terrific. A Bradbury or Rod Serling-like feel-- but with Mieville's modernism.
399 of #400FantasyStories #DarkFantasy #Fantasy #Books #ShortStory -
Latest read, The Ball Room (2005) by China Mieville, from Looking for Jake; a security guard senses a presence in a department store's playroom (knee-high in colorful plastic balls) and, after hours, sees a strange little girl in the room.
Terrific. A Bradbury or Rod Serling-like feel-- but with Mieville's modernism.
399 of #400FantasyStories #DarkFantasy #Fantasy #Books #ShortStory -
Latest read, The World Well Lost (1996) by Tanith Lee, from Warrior Enchantresses; Cleopatra, on the eve of the great naval battle of Actium (between her lover Antony and Caesar Augustus) is visited by the Egyptian god Set--who has an offer for her.
Lyric.
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Latest read, The World Well Lost (1996) by Tanith Lee, from Warrior Enchantresses; Cleopatra, on the eve of the great naval battle of Actium (between her lover Antony and Caesar Augustus) is visited by the Egyptian god Set--who has an offer for her.
Lyric.
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Latest read, The World Well Lost (1996) by Tanith Lee, from Warrior Enchantresses; Cleopatra, on the eve of the great naval battle of Actium (between her lover Antony and Caesar Augustus) is visited by the Egyptian god Set--who has an offer for her.
Lyric.
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Latest read, The World Well Lost (1996) by Tanith Lee, from Warrior Enchantresses; Cleopatra, on the eve of the great naval battle of Actium (between her lover Antony and Caesar Augustus) is visited by the Egyptian god Set--who has an offer for her.
Lyric.
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Latest read, The World Well Lost (1996) by Tanith Lee, from Warrior Enchantresses; Cleopatra, on the eve of the great naval battle of Actium (between her lover Antony and Caesar Augustus) is visited by the Egyptian god Set--who has an offer for her.
Lyric.
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Latest read, Catskin (2003) by Kelly Link, from Magic for Beginners; a dark fairy tale of cats and witches, childhood and parenthood, laden with ambiguities and double meanings.
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Latest read, Catskin (2003) by Kelly Link, from Magic for Beginners; a dark fairy tale of cats and witches, childhood and parenthood, laden with ambiguities and double meanings.
397 of #400FantasyStories #Books #ShortStory #Fantasy -
Latest read, Catskin (2003) by Kelly Link, from Magic for Beginners; a dark fairy tale of cats and witches, childhood and parenthood, laden with ambiguities and double meanings.
397 of #400FantasyStories #Books #ShortStory #Fantasy -
Latest read, Catskin (2003) by Kelly Link, from Magic for Beginners; a dark fairy tale of cats and witches, childhood and parenthood, laden with ambiguities and double meanings.
397 of #400FantasyStories #Books #ShortStory #Fantasy -
Latest read, Catskin (2003) by Kelly Link, from Magic for Beginners; a dark fairy tale of cats and witches, childhood and parenthood, laden with ambiguities and double meanings.
397 of #400FantasyStories #Books #ShortStory #Fantasy -
Latest read, The Magicians (2009) by Lev Grossman; Quentin Coldwater's love of fantasy novels set in Fillory are in contrast to the realities of life after high school, 'til he's summoned to a wizard's school that will forever change his life.
Loved this!
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Latest read, The Magicians (2009) by Lev Grossman; Quentin Coldwater's love of fantasy novels set in Fillory are in contrast to the realities of life after high school, 'til he's summoned to a wizard's school that will forever change his life.
Loved this!
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Latest read, The Magicians (2009) by Lev Grossman; Quentin Coldwater's love of fantasy novels set in Fillory are in contrast to the realities of life after high school, 'til he's summoned to a wizard's school that will forever change his life.
Loved this!
396 of #400FantasyStories #Fantasy #Books #UrbanFantasy -
Latest read, The Magicians (2009) by Lev Grossman; Quentin Coldwater's love of fantasy novels set in Fillory are in contrast to the realities of life after high school, 'til he's summoned to a wizard's school that will forever change his life.
Loved this!
396 of #400FantasyStories #Fantasy #Books #UrbanFantasy -
Latest read, The Magicians (2009) by Lev Grossman; Quentin Coldwater's love of fantasy novels set in Fillory are in contrast to the realities of life after high school, 'til he's summoned to a wizard's school that will forever change his life.
Loved this!
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Latest read, A Mastery of German (2020) by Marian Denise Moore, from Dominion; the manager of a cutting edge pharmaceutical company discovers they can pass human memory from one person to another.
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Latest read, A Mastery of German (2020) by Marian Denise Moore, from Dominion; the manager of a cutting edge pharmaceutical company discovers they can pass human memory from one person to another.
395 of #400FantasyStories #SciFi #Fantasy #Books #ShortStory -
Latest read, A Mastery of German (2020) by Marian Denise Moore, from Dominion; the manager of a cutting edge pharmaceutical company discovers they can pass human memory from one person to another.
395 of #400FantasyStories #SciFi #Fantasy #Books #ShortStory -
Latest read, A Mastery of German (2020) by Marian Denise Moore, from Dominion; the manager of a cutting edge pharmaceutical company discovers they can pass human memory from one person to another.
395 of #400FantasyStories #SciFi #Fantasy #Books #ShortStory -
Latest read, A Mastery of German (2020) by Marian Denise Moore, from Dominion; the manager of a cutting edge pharmaceutical company discovers they can pass human memory from one person to another.
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Latest read, Walking with a Ghost (2009) by Nick Mamatas from The People's Republic of Everything; university students create an 'ALife', an AI based on the correspondences & stories of HP Lovecraft.
Great start to this collection of stories.
394 of #400FantasyStories #Books #SciFi #Fantasy #ShortStory -
Latest read, Walking with a Ghost (2009) by Nick Mamatas from The People's Republic of Everything; university students create an 'ALife', an AI based on the correspondences & stories of HP Lovecraft.
Great start to this collection of stories.
394 of #400FantasyStories #Books #SciFi #Fantasy #ShortStory -
Latest read, Walking with a Ghost (2009) by Nick Mamatas from The People's Republic of Everything; university students create an 'ALife', an AI based on the correspondences & stories of HP Lovecraft.
Great start to this collection of stories.
394 of #400FantasyStories #Books #SciFi #Fantasy #ShortStory -
Latest read, Walking with a Ghost (2009) by Nick Mamatas from The People's Republic of Everything; university students create an 'ALife', an AI based on the correspondences & stories of HP Lovecraft.
Great start to this collection of stories.
394 of #400FantasyStories #Books #SciFi #Fantasy #ShortStory -
Latest read, Walking with a Ghost (2009) by Nick Mamatas from The People's Republic of Everything; university students create an 'ALife', an AI based on the correspondences & stories of HP Lovecraft.
Great start to this collection of stories.
394 of #400FantasyStories #Books #SciFi #Fantasy #ShortStory -
Latest read, Masterpiece (1995) by Gary Kilworth from Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears; a young woman, struggling to find direction, makes a Faustian bargain to become a famous artist.
Straightforward style, effective story.
393 of #400FantasyStories #Books #ShortStory #DarkFantasy #Fantasy -
Latest read, Masterpiece (1995) by Gary Kilworth from Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears; a young woman, struggling to find direction, makes a Faustian bargain to become a famous artist.
Straightforward style, effective story.
393 of #400FantasyStories #Books #ShortStory #DarkFantasy #Fantasy -
Latest read, Masterpiece (1995) by Gary Kilworth from Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears; a young woman, struggling to find direction, makes a Faustian bargain to become a famous artist.
Straightforward style, effective story.
393 of #400FantasyStories #Books #ShortStory #DarkFantasy #Fantasy -
Latest read, Masterpiece (1995) by Gary Kilworth from Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears; a young woman, struggling to find direction, makes a Faustian bargain to become a famous artist.
Straightforward style, effective story.
393 of #400FantasyStories #Books #ShortStory #DarkFantasy #Fantasy -
Latest read, Masterpiece (1995) by Gary Kilworth from Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears; a young woman, struggling to find direction, makes a Faustian bargain to become a famous artist.
Straightforward style, effective story.
393 of #400FantasyStories #Books #ShortStory #DarkFantasy #Fantasy -
Latest read, Christobel (1800) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; an unfinished epic full of foreboding, Christobel discovers the mysterious Geraldine in a midnight woods. Geraldine is taken to Christobel's home where she enchants the lord of the house. And...
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Latest read, Christobel (1800) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; an unfinished epic full of foreboding, Christobel discovers the mysterious Geraldine in a midnight woods. Geraldine is taken to Christobel's home where she enchants the lord of the house. And...
392 of #400FantasyStories #Poetry #Fantasy #SamuelTaylorColeridge -
Latest read, Christobel (1800) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; an unfinished epic full of foreboding, Christobel discovers the mysterious Geraldine in a midnight woods. Geraldine is taken to Christobel's home where she enchants the lord of the house. And...
392 of #400FantasyStories #Poetry #Fantasy #SamuelTaylorColeridge -
Latest read, Christobel (1800) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; an unfinished epic full of foreboding, Christobel discovers the mysterious Geraldine in a midnight woods. Geraldine is taken to Christobel's home where she enchants the lord of the house. And...
392 of #400FantasyStories #Poetry #Fantasy #SamuelTaylorColeridge -
Latest read, Christobel (1800) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; an unfinished epic full of foreboding, Christobel discovers the mysterious Geraldine in a midnight woods. Geraldine is taken to Christobel's home where she enchants the lord of the house. And...
392 of #400FantasyStories #Poetry #Fantasy #SamuelTaylorColeridge -
Latest read (audio), The Fullness of Time (2012) by Kate Wilhelm; for a century the reclusive, wealthy Granvilles secure patents & trade stocks before their competitors. A reporter discovers their dreams are precognitive.
Great concept, weak execution.
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Latest read (audio), The Fullness of Time (2012) by Kate Wilhelm; for a century the reclusive, wealthy Granvilles secure patents & trade stocks before their competitors. A reporter discovers their dreams are precognitive.
Great concept, weak execution.
391 of #400FantasyStories #Books #Audiobook #Fantasy #SciFi -
Latest read (audio), The Fullness of Time (2012) by Kate Wilhelm; for a century the reclusive, wealthy Granvilles secure patents & trade stocks before their competitors. A reporter discovers their dreams are precognitive.
Great concept, weak execution.
391 of #400FantasyStories #Books #Audiobook #Fantasy #SciFi -
Latest read (audio), The Fullness of Time (2012) by Kate Wilhelm; for a century the reclusive, wealthy Granvilles secure patents & trade stocks before their competitors. A reporter discovers their dreams are precognitive.
Great concept, weak execution.
391 of #400FantasyStories #Books #Audiobook #Fantasy #SciFi -
Latest read (audio), The Fullness of Time (2012) by Kate Wilhelm; for a century the reclusive, wealthy Granvilles secure patents & trade stocks before their competitors. A reporter discovers their dreams are precognitive.
Great concept, weak execution.
391 of #400FantasyStories #Books #Audiobook #Fantasy #SciFi -
Latest read, Hyperion (1820) from The Complete Poems of John Keats; an Epic about the Titans' defeat by the Olympians & Apollo's acceptance of his divinity.
Grand, beautiful, a metaphor for generational change.
Mnemosyne (Memory) restores Apollo:
"Knowledge enormous makes a god of me.
Names, deeds, grey legends, dire events, rebellions,
Majesties, sovran voices, agonies
Creations and destroyings, all at once
Pour into the wide hollows of my brain
And deify me"
390 of #400FantasyStories #Poetry -
Latest read, Hyperion (1820) from The Complete Poems of John Keats; an Epic about the Titans' defeat by the Olympians & Apollo's acceptance of his divinity.
Grand, beautiful, a metaphor for generational change.
Mnemosyne (Memory) restores Apollo:
"Knowledge enormous makes a god of me.
Names, deeds, grey legends, dire events, rebellions,
Majesties, sovran voices, agonies
Creations and destroyings, all at once
Pour into the wide hollows of my brain
And deify me"
390 of #400FantasyStories #Poetry -
Latest read, Hyperion (1820) from The Complete Poems of John Keats; an Epic about the Titans' defeat by the Olympians & Apollo's acceptance of his divinity.
Grand, beautiful, a metaphor for generational change.
Mnemosyne (Memory) restores Apollo:
"Knowledge enormous makes a god of me.
Names, deeds, grey legends, dire events, rebellions,
Majesties, sovran voices, agonies
Creations and destroyings, all at once
Pour into the wide hollows of my brain
And deify me"
390 of #400FantasyStories #Poetry -
Latest read, Hyperion (1820) from The Complete Poems of John Keats; an Epic about the Titans' defeat by the Olympians & Apollo's acceptance of his divinity.
Grand, beautiful, a metaphor for generational change.
Mnemosyne (Memory) restores Apollo:
"Knowledge enormous makes a god of me.
Names, deeds, grey legends, dire events, rebellions,
Majesties, sovran voices, agonies
Creations and destroyings, all at once
Pour into the wide hollows of my brain
And deify me"
390 of #400FantasyStories #Poetry -
Latest read, Hyperion (1820) from The Complete Poems of John Keats; an Epic about the Titans' defeat by the Olympians & Apollo's acceptance of his divinity.
Grand, beautiful, a metaphor for generational change.
Mnemosyne (Memory) restores Apollo:
"Knowledge enormous makes a god of me.
Names, deeds, grey legends, dire events, rebellions,
Majesties, sovran voices, agonies
Creations and destroyings, all at once
Pour into the wide hollows of my brain
And deify me"
390 of #400FantasyStories #Poetry