 | Black Gate
Buy new: $39.95 First off, a really cool magazine. Check them out at www.blackgate.com if you want to learn more. Basically, new adventurous fantasy short fiction.
|
 | H. P. Lovecraft: Tales (Library of America) by H. P. Lovecraft
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $19.18 H.P. Lovecraft. A relatively new, high quality and definitive volume.
|
 | The Shadow at The Bottom of The World by Thomas Ligotti
Buy used from: $24.88 Weird horror, by one of the newer masters.
|
 | Looking for Jake: Stories by China Mieville
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.08 I was a fan back when he burst onto the scene. His work is always gripping and affecting. I'd say this is worth a look.
|
 | Rite Short Work by Tad Williams
Buy used from: $33.78 A collection of short fiction from our friend Tad Williams.
|
 | Mask of the Sorcerer by Darrell Schweitzer
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $18.74 A must have, if you really consider yourself a fantasy genre fan.
|
 | The Return Of The Sorcerer: The Best Of Clark Ashton Smith by Clark Ashton Smith
Buy new: $10.17 A great upcoming collection. An overlooked (by me, at least) master of fantasy.
|
 | Leviathan Three by Forrest Aguirre
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $7.14 Interesting work, from writers whose work I wish to explore more.
|
 | Titus Groan (Gormenghast Trilogy) by Mervyn Peake
Buy used from: $0.48 Gormenghast. One of many epics I've been putting off reading, but hear alot about.
|
 | H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales: The Roots of Modern Horror
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $5.95 An anthology of some interest, if you're a horror fan.
|
 | I-O by Simon Logan
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $10.02 Dystopia! Cybergoth! A snappy title!
|
 | The Doors of His Face, The Lamp of His Mouth by Roger Zelazny
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.28 A collection of what some consider his best short work. Zelazny was truely the King of Dreams in his time.
|
 | Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s: The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big Clock / Nightmare ... / I Married a Dead Man (Library of America) by Horace McCoy
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $11.94 Library of America has some interesting crime fiction volumes. If you're at all interested in Noir you'll want to check out this, its followup, and their Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett stuff.
|
 | Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas
Buy new: $16.15 / Used from: $16.13 An interesting new writer of dark fantasy/scifi.
|
 | Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.01 A classic? Another epic I hear alot of buzz about, and I've read good Guy Kay once or twice.
|
 | Taverns of the Dead
Buy used from: $15.55 An offbeat premise. Some of my favorite writers.
|
 | The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian: The Original Adventures of the Greatest Sword and Sorcery Hero of All Time! by Robert E. Howard
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.94 The first of a series of new anthologies, devoted to Howard's various characters. Conan, Solomon Kane, Kull, Bran Mak Morn.
|
 | Wolf of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume One (Complete Cossack Adventures) by Harold Lamb
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.53 Another contemporary of those more heralded early masters of fantasy.
|
 | Sages & Swords: Heroic Fantasy Anthology by Tanith Lee
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $9.25 From the people who brought you "Lords of Swords". This, and the aforementioned book, are collections of new works of heroic fantasy.
|
 | Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.22 Some day I plan to catch up on newer cyberpunk writers. This writer has gotten alot of recommendations.
|
 | The Jack Vance Treasury by Terry Dowling
Buy used from: $19.60 Vance isn't for everyone, but I was pretty engrossed in his work at one time. Check out "Tales of Dying Earth" to sample some of his prose, and perhaps, examine a fascinating world.
|
 | Night Visions 11 (Night Visions) by Kim Newman
Buy used from: $5.54 I've read a few of those huge "Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" volumes, and some of the most interesting stories inevitably span both genres. Apparently that's the theme of these collections.
|
 | Retro Pulp Tales
Buy used from: $29.99 New tales told in true retro pulp fashion.
|
 | Lords of the Razor by Joe R. Lansdale
Buy used from: $164.99 A tour de force! I have no reason for listing this, except I know this is a great writer and it looks cool.
|
 | Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
Buy new: $19.20 / Used from: $0.59 Lastly, another interesting newcomer to the field. She's received many accolades in a short time.
|
Listmania!
