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Becklee's Books The Belgariad series by David Eddings Pawn of Prophecy (Book 1) Queen of Sorcery (Book 2) Magician's Gambit (Book 3) Castle of Wizardry (Book 4) Enchanter's End Game (Book 5) Eris' Books Jeannette Winterson Excellent living British author - writes "thick" - you'll see. Here is the best of her work, as I see it. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit The Passion Art and Lies Gut Symmetries Art Objects (nonfiction) Joanna Russ A unique read. The Female Man Charlotte Perkins Gilman A "historical" utopia of the most interesting kind. Herland Marge Piercy Both of these are "futuristic" dys/utopian novels. Very good stories. Woman On the Edge of Time He, She and It Ursula K. LeGuin Science fiction at its best. The Dispossessed Sally Miller Gearhart A classic lesbian feminist utopia. Wanderground Emma Bull One of the most imaginative and funny current fantasy writers out there, but she can be hard to find. Finder: A Novel of the Borderlands (great elves in this book - more Borderlands novels also available from this page) War For The Oaks (out of print, but frequently found used) Bone Dance (also out of print). Morgenes' Books The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams Stone of Farewell, Tad Williams To the Green Angel Tower, Part 1, Tad Williams To the Green Angel Tower, Part 2, Tad Williams Tailchaser's Song, Tad Williams Otherland: City of Golden Shadow, Tad Williams Otherland: River of Blue Fire, Tad Williams Nessalin's Books The Black Company Series A series about a group of mercenaries, the Black Company, and their adventures as a group of 500 at times, and 5 at others. A good illustration that mundane people can live in a world with magic and still be entertaining. I strongly suggest people playing in warrior clans read this. The Black Company (Black Company Chronicle 1) Shadows Linger (Black Company Chronicle 2) White Rose (Black Company Chronicle 3) Silver Spike (A book between series) Shadow Games (Black Company Chronicle 4, First Book of the South) Dreams of Steel (Black Company Chronicle 5, Second book fo the South) Bleak Seasons (Black Company Chronicle 6, Book One of Glittering Stone) She Is The Darkness (Black Company Chronicle 7, Book Two of Glittering Stone) Water Sleeps (Black Company Chronicle 8, Book Three of Glittering Stone) (Hardcover) Water Sleeps (Black Company Chronicle 8, Book Three of Glittering Stone) (Paperback) In this series they all play a game called tonk that someone has taken the time to write rules for. http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~burgner/tonk.html The Morgaine Series Strong female lead (Morgaine) and her sidekick (Vayne) in various settings (mostly fantasy). I'd suggest this because the story line shows how good and evil are relative terms, which is keeping in line with Zalanthas. This author is great at creating believable cultures that I've never been able to keep from stealing for Armageddon. The Gate of Ivrel Well of Shiuan Fire of Azeroth Exile's Gate Sanvean's Books Chicks and Chained Males, Esther Friesner Both this and its sequel are compilations of stories by various fantasy authors playing around with the idea of your classic, Red Sonya-esque femme in the somewhat contradictory chainmail bikini. Kinda fun, kinda goofy, kinda quick reads. Chicks in Chain Mail, Esther Friesner True Game, Sherri Tepper One of the most original fantasy series around, the True Game is hard to describe. This is a compilation of the first three books in the series, King's Blood Four, Necromancer Nine, and Wizard's Eleven. Most of the originals are out of print, I'd snatch this before the publisher lets it go out of stock, though be forewarned you will then be doomed to searching for the rest of her stuff at used book stores. The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories, by A.S. Byatt People who like collisions of literature and fantasy will enjoy this collection of beautifully wrought stories. Think modern Tales from the Arabian Nights and you will be in the ballpark. May be too highfalutin' for some to enjoy, depends on your taste. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diane Wynne Jones (This book is too funny, especially for anyone who MUDs, to miss.) The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers I've found anything by Tim Powers worth reading, actually, but this is one of my favorites. It's fantasy set in the 17th century, with various scholars, wizards, poets, werewolves, etc roaming through the pages. Other books by Powers include: Last Call (first of trilogy) Expiration Date (second of trilogy) Earthquake Weather (third of trilogy) The Stress of Her Regard (out of print) The Drawing of the Dark (will be re-released in November -- the Dark referred to in the title is beer -- how could anyone pass up a fantasy novel about beer, eh?) Dinner at Deviant's Palace (out of print) Temporary Agency, by Rachel Pollack Urban fantasy, highly feminist, pretty nifty, all sorts of interesting ideas combining fantasy and technology. Bridge of Birds, by Barry Hughart Set in ancient China, full of folk lore, it's a mystery as much as a fantasy. The Dark Angel, by Meredith Pierce Originally intended as a young adult novel, this is the first in the Darkangel Trilogy. The Dark angel is an icarus, a vampiric entity, who the heroine Aerial must defeat while working as his servant. The sequels are: A Gathering of Gargoyles The Pearl of the Soul of the World The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle Later made into an animated movie which bore little resemblence to the book, this is superlatively lovely, and has one of the most wonderful fantastic, dark circuses in fantasy literature, right up there with the carnival in Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. No Picture Available The Face in the Frost, by John Bellairs This is the book I would loan to people, but I'm afraid of never being able to get it back. Fantasy, funny. I stole the description of Prospero's house to use for a clan headquarters on a H&S MUD; members of the Tengu will recognize it. The Paper Grail, by James Blaylock Much like Tim Powers in flavor, Blaylock leans a tad more towards the whimsical. Other titles by Blaylock include: All the Bells on Earth The Last Coin The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath, by H.P. Lovecraft Do I really need to say anything about who HP Lovecraft is? Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino Invisible Cities and One Hundred Years of Solitude are both literary fantasy which will delight people who like description and detail, and disappoint those who want sword-swinging. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel garcia Marquez No Picture Available Gossamer Axe, Gail Baudino No Picture Available Frostflower and Thorn, Phyllis Ann Karr No Picture Available The Door into Fire, by Diane Duane Waking the Moon, by Elizabeth Hand Contemporary fantasy with an anthropological slant. From the Amazon review: The University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine is a haven for the Benandanti who guard against the return of the Moon Goddess, a powerful destroyer. As a freshman at the university, Sweeney Cassidy fell in with Oliver and Angelica, the Chosen Ones, whose violent coupling under the moon begins the goddess' awakening. Twenty years later, Sweeney works for the National Museum of Natural History and Angelica is a New Age writer with a growing, eccentric following. When Dylan, Angelica's son becomes Sweeney's intern, she discovers that Angelica is the goddess incarnate and that she is the only one who can stop her. Out of Print Native Tongue, Suzette Haden Elgin Out of Print The Forest of Forever, by Thomas Burnett Swann Out of Print The Grey Mane of Morning, by Joy Chant Out of Print The Dying Earth, Jack Vance Out of Print Godstalk, by P.C. Hodgell