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[amerrywanderer]

Gogo gadget recommend me a book! Something for the beach, preferably fantasy, preferably relatively nonstandard. Please help! I'll love you forever and reward the winner with a st. Martin postcard if they want it!

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[penmage]

The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex!...which is YA SF. But still awesome! Read it!

Okay, for real nonstandard fantasy, Dreamhunter and Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox.

The City in the Lake by Rachel Neumeier

[amerrywanderer]

I *knew* there was a series you'd mentioned that I'd meant to note down, and it was the DreamhunterDreamquake duo. Thank you. Definite list. I will look into City in the Lake as well :D thanks!

[muffledlaugh]

Watchmen, if you haven't already read it.

any of the books by Gregory Maguire (tho my favourite so far is Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister), which combine history, fairytales, and fantasy and are really well written.

also, mina really liked The Last Templar, which must say something about the book because he usually hates reading.

[amerrywanderer]

See, for whatever reason I can't get into Gregory Maguire--I read Wicked, and I liked it fine, but not well enough to grab another, if that makes sense. Watchmen is definitely on my list, I just need to get around to it... and Templars aren't quite far enough into the realm of the fantastic for me right now--my general joking excuse for things going weird or wrong in the world is "The Templars Did It", or "The Freemasons Did It".

Watchmen, though, that shall go on the list for sure.

Also, I love your icon :D

[mintyfreshsocks]

Elizabeth Bear, "Blood and Iron" and the rest of the Promethean Age series.

[amerrywanderer]

Hmmmmm looks interesting...*notes this*

[dsthenes]

I recommend a book called "The Walrus and the Warwolf" by Hugh Cook. It's a rollicking fantasy adventure full of heroes, pirates and disaster, and one of the most charming and un-cookie cutter fantasies I've ever written. My own copy, which I've had for about 20 years now, is ridiculously dog-eared.

Linkie.

D.

[amerrywanderer]

On the amazon page, it says it's the 4th in the series--what about the first 3?

[dsthenes]

Well, long story short, it's an interweaving series over the same time period with different central characters for each book. I read #4 first, then #7 (i think?), then #1. I've only just finished #3. Because it's not strictly chronological, you can read them in any order you like.

#4 is probably the easiest and most fun to start on.
#3 is more difficult, but also very rewarding in return.
#1 is the closest to a straight-up hero-fantasy tale.

D.

[amerrywanderer]

ah, got it. well, not in stock on betterworld, so it'll have to wait for awhile :( but it's on my list now!