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Fantasy: Classics
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A selection of books by authors that helped define the genre.
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Anthony, Piers A Spell for Chameleon At age 25 Bink was exiled from the magic land of Xanth because he had no magic spell that was observable to his people. But both the good genie and the magic wall chart insisted that he did. How could he prove he had magic? 1977 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book ANTHONY |
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Baum, L. Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas, accompanied on her journey by the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. 2001 Adult Nonfiction Book 813.4 B327 |
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Beagle, Peter S. The Last Unicorn A unicorn, a haphazard wizard, and a spunky scullery woman journey to the dreaded kingdom of Haggaard, an evil ruler who, with the help of a bull-shaped demon, imprisons all the unicorns of the world. 1991 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book BEAGLE |
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer The Mists of Avalon Retells the legend of Arthur as perceived by Viviane, the Lady of the Lake and high priestess of Avalon, Arthur's mother Igraine, his Christian wife Guinevere, and the sorceress Morgaine 2001 Adult Fiction Book BRADLEY |
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Brooks, Terry The Sword of Shannara Long ago, the world of Shea Ohmsford was torn apart by the wars of ancient Evil. But in the Vale, the half-human, half-elfin Shea now lives in peace - until the mysterious, forbidding figure of Alanon appears, to reveal that the supposedly long dead Warlock Lord lives again, and will destroy the world. 1977 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book BROOKS |
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Card, Orson Scott Seventh Son Amid the deep woods where the Red Man still holds sway, a very special child is born. Young Alvin is the seventh son, and such a boy is destined to become great - perhaps even a man with the enormous powers of a Maker. But even in the loving safety of his home, dark forces reach out to destroy him. 1987 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book CARD |
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Donaldson, Stephen R. Lord Foul's Bane The first book in one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written, the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever. He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet he was tempted to believe, to fight for the Land, to be the reincarnation of its greatest hero.... THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER 1977 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book DONALDSON |
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Eddings, David Pawn of Prophecy Garion the farm boy did not believe in magic dooms, but then he did not know that soon he would be on a quest of unparalleled magic and danger when the dread evil God Torak was reawakened. Book 1 of the Belgariad. 1997 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book EDDINGS |
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Grimm, Jacob The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm A new translation of 279 fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. Also includes a listing of their oral and/or literary sources. 2003 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Kurtz, Katherine Deryni Rising The magical Deryni have long been persecuted and feared in Gwynedd, but the ruling Haldane family hides a dark secret -- they have Deryni blood. Charissa, a full-blooded Deryni trained in the disciplines of sorcery and necromancy, threatens the rulership of the young King Kelson and the life of his chief advisor Morgan. 2004 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book KURTZ |
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Leiber, Fritz Fritz Leiber's Return to Lankhmar Here are Leiber's first two classic sword and sorcery novels featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, and the darkly dangerous city of Lankhmar. 1997 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book LEIBER |
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Lewis, C. S. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter. 1994 Children's Fiction Book LEWIS |
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Malory, Thomas, Sir Le Morte D'Arthur Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries. The stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Queen Guenever, and Tristram and Isolde seem astonishingly moving and modern. 1999 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Pratchett, Terry The Colour of Magic The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins--with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind. 1989 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book PRATCHE |
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Stewart, Mary The Crystal Cave Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys -- or as he would later be known, Merlin -- leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon ... and the conception of Arthur -- king for once and always. Book jacket. 2003 Adult Fiction Book STEWART |
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Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. Book jacket. 2003 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book TOLKIEN |
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