2010 Fantasy Challenge
This challenge started Jan. 1st 2010 and runs through Dec. 31st 2010. It has three options; of course I chose the Super option myself:
Light Challenge: Read a novel you have not read before in five of the the fifteen options in each of the three categories, for a total of fifteen novels.
Regular Challenge: Read a novel you have not read before in ten of the fifteen options in each of the three categories, for a total of thirty novels.
Super Challenge: Read a novel you have not read before in all fifteen of the fifteen options in each of the three categories, for a total of forty-five novels.
Note: Due to the various options for completing this challenge, no books will be allowed to count in more than one category.
Genre Categories
1. High Fantasy: The Bird of the River, by Kage Baker. Completed 7/23/10. ( Review)
2. Comic Fantasy: The Anvil of the World, by Kage Baker. Completed 1/26/10. ( Review)
3. Dark Fantasy: The Rainy Season, by James P. Blaylock. Completed 10/26/10. ( Review)
4. Fairytale Fantasy: Winter Rose, by Patricia McKillip. Completed 6/22/10. ( Review)
5. Urban Fantasy: Palimpsest, by Catherynne M. Valente. Completed 8/31/10. ( Review)
6. Sword and Sorcery: The Witches of Wenshar, by Barbara Hambly. Completed 1/6/10. ( Review)
7. Heroic Fantasy: The Curse of the Mistwraith, by Janny Wurts. Completed 8/11/10. ( Review)
8. Romantic Fantasy: The Truth-Teller's Tale, by Sharon Shinn. Completed 8/4/10.
9. Science Fantasy: Lifelode, by Jo Walton. Completed 4/21/10.
10. Fantasy of Manners (aka Mannerpunk): The Privilege of the Sword, by Ellen Kushner. Completed 10/7/10. ( Review)
11. Magic Realism: Perfect CIrcle, by Sean Stewart. In progress.
12. Young Adult Fantasy: I Shall Wear Midnight, by Terry Pratchett. Completed 10/30/10. ( Review)
13. Time Travel Fantasy: The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde. Completed 10/9/10.
14. Supernatural Noir: A Kiss Before the Apocalypse, by Thomas E. Sniegoski. Completed 12/19/10.
15. Paranormal: Soulless, by Gail Carriger. Completed 12/18/10.
Setting/Protagonist Categories
1. Protagonist older than 35: New Amsterdam, by Elizabeth Bear. Completed 2/10/10. ( Review)
2. Protagonist younger than 18: The Safe-Keeper's Secret, by Sharon Shinn. Completed 1/29/10.
3. Magical human protagonist: Bone and Jewel Creatures, by Elizabeth Bear. Completed 7/2/10.
4. Non-human protagonist: The House of the Stag, by Kage Baker. Completed 2/17/10. ( Review)
5. Set in a royal court: Daughter of the Blood, by Anne Bishop. Completed 2/5/10. ( Review)
6. Set in a school of magic: The Dark Hand of Magic, by Barbara Hambly. Completed 4/4/10.
7. Set in a recognizable historical milieu: Fudoki, by Kij Johnson. Completed 10/1/10. ( Review)
8. Set in a recognizably non-European milieu: The Wood Wife, by Terri Windling. Completed 12/16/10.
9. Set in a radically altered historical milieu (e.g. steampunk, alternate history): Half a Crown. by Jo Walton. Completed 6/23/10.
10. Action takes place while traveling (quest structure): The Ropemaker, by Peter Dickinson. Completed 3/30/10.
11. Action takes place while traveling (non-quest structure): Naamah's Curse, by Jacqueline Carey. Completed 6/17/10. ( Review)
12. Set in a world containing no magic: Devices and Desires, by K.J. Parker. Completed 12/14/10. ( Review)
13. Told from a first-person perspective: Voices, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Completed 11/12/10.
14. Told from a third-person omniscient perspective: Whiskey and Water, by Elizabeth Bear. Completed 9/14/10.
15. Told from a third-person limited, multi-perspective viewpoint: Auralia's Colors, by Jeffrey Overstreet. Completed 12/8/10.
Author/Award Categories
1. Non-Caucasian Author: Tales of Nevèrÿon, by Samuel R. Delany. Completed 8/5/10. ( Review)
2. Author from a country other than the U.S.A., the United Kingdom, Canada, or Australia: Brown Girl in the Ring, by Nalo Hopkinson. Completed 11/23/10.
3. Work written pre-1950: Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees. Completed 4/19/10. ( Review)
4. Work written pre-1920: The Enchanted Castle, by E. Nesbit. Completed 12/8/10.
5. Work written the year you were born: The Ladies of Mandrigyn, by Barbara Hambly. Completed 1/5/10. ( Review)
6. Work originally written in a language other than English: The Castle of Crossed Destinies, by Italo Calvino. Completed 11/9/10. ( Review)
7. Work written by a Gandalf Grand Master/World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement: Gifts, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Completed 5/4/10.
8. Work by an author you have never read before: The King of Elfland's Daughter, by Lord Dunsany. Completed 5/20/10.
9. Anthology: To Weave a Web of Magic, by Claire Delacroix, Lynn Kurland, Patricia McKillip, & Sharon Shinn. Completed 4/18/10. ( Review)
10. Hugo Award Winner: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke. Completed 6/13/10. ( Review)
11. Nebula Award Winner: Powers, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Completed 11/16/10.
12. Locus Fantasy Award Winner: Beauty, by Sheri S. Tepper. Completed 12/4/10.
13. Mythopoeic Award Winner: Ombria in Shadow, by Patricia McKillip. Completed 3/10/10. ( Review)
14. World Fantasy Award Winner: Little, Big, by John Crowley. Completed 6/3/10. ( Review)
15. James Tiptree, Jr. Award Winner: The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden. by Catherynne M. Valente. Completed 3/29/10.
Light Challenge: Read a novel you have not read before in five of the the fifteen options in each of the three categories, for a total of fifteen novels.
Regular Challenge: Read a novel you have not read before in ten of the fifteen options in each of the three categories, for a total of thirty novels.
Super Challenge: Read a novel you have not read before in all fifteen of the fifteen options in each of the three categories, for a total of forty-five novels.
Note: Due to the various options for completing this challenge, no books will be allowed to count in more than one category.
Genre Categories
1. High Fantasy: The Bird of the River, by Kage Baker. Completed 7/23/10. ( Review)
2. Comic Fantasy: The Anvil of the World, by Kage Baker. Completed 1/26/10. ( Review)
3. Dark Fantasy: The Rainy Season, by James P. Blaylock. Completed 10/26/10. ( Review)
4. Fairytale Fantasy: Winter Rose, by Patricia McKillip. Completed 6/22/10. ( Review)
5. Urban Fantasy: Palimpsest, by Catherynne M. Valente. Completed 8/31/10. ( Review)
6. Sword and Sorcery: The Witches of Wenshar, by Barbara Hambly. Completed 1/6/10. ( Review)
7. Heroic Fantasy: The Curse of the Mistwraith, by Janny Wurts. Completed 8/11/10. ( Review)
8. Romantic Fantasy: The Truth-Teller's Tale, by Sharon Shinn. Completed 8/4/10.
9. Science Fantasy: Lifelode, by Jo Walton. Completed 4/21/10.
10. Fantasy of Manners (aka Mannerpunk): The Privilege of the Sword, by Ellen Kushner. Completed 10/7/10. ( Review)
11. Magic Realism: Perfect CIrcle, by Sean Stewart. In progress.
12. Young Adult Fantasy: I Shall Wear Midnight, by Terry Pratchett. Completed 10/30/10. ( Review)
13. Time Travel Fantasy: The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde. Completed 10/9/10.
14. Supernatural Noir: A Kiss Before the Apocalypse, by Thomas E. Sniegoski. Completed 12/19/10.
15. Paranormal: Soulless, by Gail Carriger. Completed 12/18/10.
Setting/Protagonist Categories
1. Protagonist older than 35: New Amsterdam, by Elizabeth Bear. Completed 2/10/10. ( Review)
2. Protagonist younger than 18: The Safe-Keeper's Secret, by Sharon Shinn. Completed 1/29/10.
3. Magical human protagonist: Bone and Jewel Creatures, by Elizabeth Bear. Completed 7/2/10.
4. Non-human protagonist: The House of the Stag, by Kage Baker. Completed 2/17/10. ( Review)
5. Set in a royal court: Daughter of the Blood, by Anne Bishop. Completed 2/5/10. ( Review)
6. Set in a school of magic: The Dark Hand of Magic, by Barbara Hambly. Completed 4/4/10.
7. Set in a recognizable historical milieu: Fudoki, by Kij Johnson. Completed 10/1/10. ( Review)
8. Set in a recognizably non-European milieu: The Wood Wife, by Terri Windling. Completed 12/16/10.
9. Set in a radically altered historical milieu (e.g. steampunk, alternate history): Half a Crown. by Jo Walton. Completed 6/23/10.
10. Action takes place while traveling (quest structure): The Ropemaker, by Peter Dickinson. Completed 3/30/10.
11. Action takes place while traveling (non-quest structure): Naamah's Curse, by Jacqueline Carey. Completed 6/17/10. ( Review)
12. Set in a world containing no magic: Devices and Desires, by K.J. Parker. Completed 12/14/10. ( Review)
13. Told from a first-person perspective: Voices, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Completed 11/12/10.
14. Told from a third-person omniscient perspective: Whiskey and Water, by Elizabeth Bear. Completed 9/14/10.
15. Told from a third-person limited, multi-perspective viewpoint: Auralia's Colors, by Jeffrey Overstreet. Completed 12/8/10.
Author/Award Categories
1. Non-Caucasian Author: Tales of Nevèrÿon, by Samuel R. Delany. Completed 8/5/10. ( Review)
2. Author from a country other than the U.S.A., the United Kingdom, Canada, or Australia: Brown Girl in the Ring, by Nalo Hopkinson. Completed 11/23/10.
3. Work written pre-1950: Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees. Completed 4/19/10. ( Review)
4. Work written pre-1920: The Enchanted Castle, by E. Nesbit. Completed 12/8/10.
5. Work written the year you were born: The Ladies of Mandrigyn, by Barbara Hambly. Completed 1/5/10. ( Review)
6. Work originally written in a language other than English: The Castle of Crossed Destinies, by Italo Calvino. Completed 11/9/10. ( Review)
7. Work written by a Gandalf Grand Master/World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement: Gifts, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Completed 5/4/10.
8. Work by an author you have never read before: The King of Elfland's Daughter, by Lord Dunsany. Completed 5/20/10.
9. Anthology: To Weave a Web of Magic, by Claire Delacroix, Lynn Kurland, Patricia McKillip, & Sharon Shinn. Completed 4/18/10. ( Review)
10. Hugo Award Winner: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke. Completed 6/13/10. ( Review)
11. Nebula Award Winner: Powers, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Completed 11/16/10.
12. Locus Fantasy Award Winner: Beauty, by Sheri S. Tepper. Completed 12/4/10.
13. Mythopoeic Award Winner: Ombria in Shadow, by Patricia McKillip. Completed 3/10/10. ( Review)
14. World Fantasy Award Winner: Little, Big, by John Crowley. Completed 6/3/10. ( Review)
15. James Tiptree, Jr. Award Winner: The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden. by Catherynne M. Valente. Completed 3/29/10.