I haven't looked at the NPR list so I may be repeating some of their choices, but I'm going to try not to duplicate books that have already been nominated here:
BOOKS
1. Little, Big by John Crowley. Book of my heart. 2. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (I could list pretty much everything by Carter - I adore her) 3. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie 4. The Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe 5. The Jerusalem Quartet by Edward Whittemore, but particularly the first two books, Sinai Tapestry and Jerusalem Poker 6. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle 7. Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers 8. Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz
Le Guin, McKillip, Kushner, Butler, Tolkien, Delany and most of my other stalwarts have already been mentioned. Obviously a lot of these aren't marketed as speculative fiction, but I don't see why I should be limited by publisher's categories.
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I haven't looked at the NPR list so I may be repeating some of their choices, but I'm going to try not to duplicate books that have already been nominated here:
BOOKS
1. Little, Big by John Crowley. Book of my heart.
2. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (I could list pretty much everything by Carter - I adore her)
3. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
4. The Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe
5. The Jerusalem Quartet by Edward Whittemore, but particularly the first two books, Sinai Tapestry and Jerusalem Poker
6. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
7. Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers
8. Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz
Le Guin, McKillip, Kushner, Butler, Tolkien, Delany and most of my other stalwarts have already been mentioned. Obviously a lot of these aren't marketed as speculative fiction, but I don't see why I should be limited by publisher's categories.
FIC
9. Black Helicopters at Dawn series by
This is such a fabulous idea. I may be back with a film rec, but I have to dash to work!