Comments on: Recovering Buried Mythologies

By: girlwhocriedepiphany

girlwhocriedepiphany — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:41:03 +0000

Thanks so much for the recommendations, Bliss and Mish. I am updating my very long GoodReads "to read" right now. Two I have read from your lists: The Keep and Mists of Avalon. The former was intriguing and the latter changed my life when I was 15!

By: Mish

Mish — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:02:16 +0000

There’s plenty of fantasy out there where the stories (almost) make one forget about the writing. For well-written, IMHO: Marion Zimmer Bradley- the Mists of Avalon; Peter Beagle- the Last Unicorn, A Fine and Private Place; CS Lewis- Til We Have Faces; Neil Gaiman- American Gods; Charles de Lint- Memory & Dream. And because laughter is good for the soul, I suggest Robert Asprin’s Myth Book series and Rachel Green’s Ungodly Child, of which I only have 5 chapters of chuckles left.

Slainte!

By: Blisschick

Blisschick — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:12:09 +0000

First, I adored Penelope! Mostly, I just wanted all of her clothes!

Fantasy lit. That one is hard for me, too. Though I have certainly partaken. I think, often, it is just poorly done, halfway there magical realism.

Have you read White Apples by Jonathan Carroll? Oh my!

Or anything by Jennifer Egan, but especially The Keep?

And, of course, I cannot push The Gargoyle ENOUGH! by first time, 40 year old novelist (and Canadian) Andrew Davidson.

Happy reading!