Witness the gargantuan force of A Song of Ice and Fire, both in print and on the screen. If all goes well, I’ll even go for The Worm Ouroboros and The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, too.įantasy has become a successful commodity. So far, my planned reading includes Gormenghast, The Last Unicorn, Once Upon a Time, The Ship of Ishtar, Melmoth the Wanderer, and Frankenstein. My reach will extend at least as far back as the Gothic novels first appearing in the late 18th century, and I hope it will come forward to today. Because of Lin Carter’s magnificent taste, it may at times seem I’m simply going through titles from his Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, but my goal is to rummage around in the basement and attic of fantasy, exploring works that preceded, or exist outside of, modern commercial fantasy. Each first Friday of the month I’ll be writing about a work of fantasy I’ve never read (or read only once a long time ago I insist on room for maneuvering!).
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