A List of Some Fantasy
Authors and Books:
Generally, this list contains mainly recent authors
and books. Many popular ones are left out because I do not know them
well, and some bestselling authors I will likely never read; what
I’ve left out I’ve deliberately left out as silent comment. In the
case of highly prolific authors, I have not included all their works.
In the case of some authors, I have not read all their works. This
is, therefore, a highly personal representation, and I am sure I have
left out some fine, as well as some very popular, works. I have generally
left horror out of this list (see my Vampire list for some of that),
although there are some examples, and works of Dark Fantasy.
A Couple of Definitions:
'Any narrative which includes as a significant part
of its make-up some violation of what the author clearly believes
to be natural law -- that is fantasy. There are various ways a story
can proclaim its fantastic nature. It can involve beings whose existence
we know to be impossible, like dragons, flying horses, or shape-shifting
men. It can revolve around magical objects: rings, hats, or castles
possessing wills, voices, mobility, and other attributes inanimate
objects do not, in our experience, possess. It can proceed through
events -- two people painlessly exchanging heads, a tree reaching
out to grab passers-by -- that violate fundamental assumptions about
matter and life. And fantasy treats these impossibilities without
hesitation, without doubt, without any attempt to reconcile them with
our intellectual understanding of the workings of the world or to
make us believe that such things could under any circumstance come
true' (Brian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature,
2; italics added).
I tend to support John Clute's argument in The
Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), where he takes up Brian Attebery's
description, in Strategies of Fantasy (1992), of 'fantasy as
a "fuzzy set"
i.e., a grouping defined not by boundaries but by central examples.
. .' (71). Although it finds this concept congenial, the Encyclopedia
does proffer a simple definition
'A fantasy text is a self-coherent narrative. When set in this world,
it tells a story which is impossible in the world as we perceive it;
when set in an otherworld, that otherworld will be impossible, though
stories set there may be possible in its terms' (338).
The List:
Adams, Richard. Watership Down (1972); Shardik
(1974), Maia (1984); The Plague Dogs (1977); The
Girl in a Swing (1980).
Arnason, Eleanor. The Swordsmith (1978); To
the Resurrection Station (1986); Daughter of the Bear King
(1987).
Aldiss, Brian. The Malacia Tapestry (1976).
Alexander, Lloyd. The Prydain Chronicles (1964-73):
includes The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, The
Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer, The High King, &
The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain [young adult, but
good].
Anderson, Poul. Three Hearts and Three Lions
(1961) [between worlds fantasy; good fun].
Anthony, Mark. The Last Rune [Beyond the
Pale (1998), The Keep of Fire (1999),].
Anticau, Kim. The Jigsaw Woman (1996).
Armstrong, Kelley. Bitten (2001); Stolen
(2002); Dime Store Magic (204); [Canadian; Women of the Otherworld
series].
Ash, Sarah. Songspinners (1996).
Attanasio, A.A. Wyvern (1988); Hunting the
Ghost Dancer (1991), The Moon's Wife: A Hystery (1993);
The Dragon and the Unicorn (1996), The Eagle and the Sword
(1997); The Dark Shore (1996).
Bakker, Scott. The Prince of Nothing trilogy:
The Darkness That Comes Before (2003); The Warrior-Prophet
(2004); The Thousandfold Thought (2006) [a major addition
to epic fantasy, a Holy War in an ancient & fully developed world].
Barker, Clive. Clive Barker's Books of Blood
(1984-85); Weaveworld (1987); Cabal (1988); The Great
and Secret Show: The First Book of the Art (1989); Imajica
(1991); Everville: The Second Book of the Art (1994); Sacrament
(1996) [& much more I have not kept up with].
Beagle, Peter. The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle
(1978) [includes A Fine and Private Place, Come, Lady Death,
The Last Unicorn, & Lila the Werewolf; wit, &
a playful take on various fantasy tropes]; The Folk of the Air
(1986);The Innkeeper's Song (1993); Giant Bones (1997);
Tamsin (1999); Giant Bones (1997).
Blaylock, James P. The Elfin Ship (1982), The
Disappearing Dwarf (1983), The Stone Giant (1989); Homunculus
(1986), Lord Kelvin's Machine (1992); Land of Dreams
(1987); The Last Coin (1988); The Paper Grail (1991);
Night Relics (1994); All the Bells on Earth (1995).
Borchardt, Alice. The Silver Wolf (1998); Night
of the Wolf (1999) [werewolf historical fantasies; she has since
done an Arthurian series].
Bradley, Marion Zimmer. The Mists of Avalon
(1982) [Arthurian fantasy, feminist revisions; her best book, but
many dislike it].
Britain, Kristen. Green Rider (1998); First
Rider’s Call (2003).
Brunner, John. The Complete Traveller in Black
(1987).
Brust, Steven, & Emma Bull. Freedom & Necessity
(1997) [a huge Victorian treat by two writers who have published a
lot of fantasy as solo artists].
Bujold, Lois McMaster. The Spirit Ring (1992)
[magic in an alternate early Renaissance world]; & 2 more since.
Bull, Emma. War for the Oaks (1987); Finder:
A Novel of the Borderlands (1994).
Carey, Jacqueline. Kushiel’s Dart (2001); Kushiel’s
Chosen (2002); Kushiel’s Avatar (2003) [a complex & sophisticated
invented world, with an eccentric turn from something like ‘our’ monotheisms
in some where allusively close to our’ Europe, where a ‘son’ of god
& earth is worshipped, & a hero who as an ‘anguisette’ can
be a superior spy; well written]; Banewreaker (2004); Godslayer
(2005) [a world where lesser ‘gods’ (Shapers) battle using various
‘races’ & which presents both the sides of the ‘good guys’ &
the ‘bad,’ turning the Tolkien vision, allusively alluded to, upside
down, or at least very grey].
Carter, Angela. Nights at the Circus (1984);
Black Venus (1985); Wise Children (1991) [sui generis:
in these & other books Carter created her own strange worlds in
brilliant prose].
Charnas, Suzy Mckee. The Vampire Tapestry (1980)
[a major work; see Vampire list]; Dorothea Dreams (1986).
Cherryh, C,J, The Book of Morgaine [Gate
of Ivrel (1976), Well of Shiuan (1978), Fires of Azeroth
(1979)]; Exile's Gate (1988); Arafel's Saga [The
Dreamstone (1983), The Tree of Swords and Jewels (1983)];
The Paladin (1988); Rusalka (1989), Chernevog
(1990), Yvgenie (1991); The Goblin Mirror (1992); Faery
in Shadow (1993); Fortress in the Eye of Time (1995), Fortress
of Eagles (1998), Fortress of Owls (1999), Fortress
of Dragons (2000) [highly prolific author who nevertheless usually
manages to deliver the goods].
Clarke, Susanna. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
(2004) [amazing huge highly literate fantasy].
Clayton, Jo. Duel of Sorcery: Moongather
(1982), Moonscatter (1983), Changer's Moon (1985); Drinker
of Souls: Drinker of Souls (1986), Blue Magic (1988),
A Gathering of Stones (1989); Drums of Chaos:
Drum Warning (1996), Drum Calls (1997) [she died without
completing this series].
Clemens, James. The Banned and the Banished:
Wit'ch Fire (1998), Wit'ch Storm (1999), Wit'ch War
(2000?).
Constantine, Storm. The Wraeththu Trilogy: The
Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit (1987), The Bewitchments of
Love and Hate (1988), The Fulfillments of Fate and Desire
(1989); The Monstrous Regiment (1990);
Hermetech (1991); Aleph (1991); Burying the Shadow
(1992); Sign for the Sacred (1993); Calenture (1994);
Stalking the Tender Prey (1995); The Magravandias Chronicles:
Sea Dragon's Heir (2000); The Crown of Silence (2001);
The Way of Light (2002).
Coney, Michael G. Fang the Gnome (1988), King
of the Scepter'd Isle (1989) [a pair of light hearted Arthurian
fantasies].
Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is Rising sequence: Over
Sea, Under Stone (1965), The Dark Is Rising (1973), Greenwitch
(1974), The Grey King (1975), Silver on the Tree (1977);
Seaward (1983); The Boggart (1993).
Croggan, Alison. The Gift (2002); The Riddle
(2004) [Australian poet takes on epic fantasy with wit, passion, &
bards as mages; more to come].
Crowley, John. Little, Big (1981); Novelty
(1989); Aegypt (1987), Love & Sleep (1994), Daemonomania
(2000); The Translator (2003); Novelties & Souvenirs:
Collected Short Fiction (2004) [highly literate fantasies, none
like the last, all superior].
Dann, Jack. The Memory Cathedral: A Secret History
of Leonardo da Vinci (1995); The Silent (1998); The
Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean (2004) [sf author turns
to a kind of dark magic realism that enters lacunae in known history].
Davidson, Avram. The Phoenix and the Mirror
(1969), Vergil in Averno (1987); Peregrine: Primus (1971),
Peregrine: Secundus (1981); The Adventures of Doctor. Eszterhazy
(1990).
Dean, Pamela. Tam Lin (1991); The Dubious
Hills (1994).
Delany, Samuel R. Tales of Nevèrÿon (1979[1993]),
Neveryóna (1983[1993]), Flight from Nevèrÿon (1985[1994]),
Return to Nevèrÿon (1987[1994]) [cultural theory meets Conan-type
fantasy].
De Lint, Charles. The Riddle of the Wren (1984);
Moonheart (1984); Yarrow (1986); Jack, the Giant-Killer
(1987); Greenmantle (1988); Wolf Moon (1989); Drink
Down the Moon (1990); The Little Country (1991); Spiritwalk
(1992); Dreams Underfoot (1993); Into the Green (1993);
Memory & Dream (1994); The Ivory and the Horn (1995);
Trader (1997); Someplace to Be Flying (1998); Moonlight
and Vines (1999); The Newford Stories (1999); Forests
of the Heart (2000); The Onion Girl (2001); Spirits
in the Wires (2003); The Blue Girl (2004) [Canadian; one
of the recent masters of urban fantasy].
Dorsey, Candas Jane. Black Wine (1997) [feminist
fantasy in the mode of Delany].
Douglas, Carole Nelson. Sword and Circlet:
Six of Swords (1982), Exiles of the Rynth (1984), Keepers
of Edanvant (1987), Heir of Rengarth (1988); Taliswoman
sequence: Cup of Clay (1991), Seed Upon the Wind (1993).
Duane, Diane. Tale of the Five: The Door into Fire
(1979), The Door into Shadow (1984), The Door into Sunset
(1992), The Door into Starlight (?).
Duncan, Dave. The Seventh Sword: The Reluctant
Swordsman, The Coming of Wisdom, The Destiny of the
Sword; A Man of His Word: Magic Casements, Faery
Lands Forlorn, Perilous Seas, Emperor and Clown;
A Handful of Men: The Cutting Edge, Upland Outlaws,
The Stricken Field, The Living God; The Cursed
(1995); The Great Game: Past Imperative (1996), Present
Tense (1996), Future Indefinite (1997); Tales of the King's
Blades: The Gilded Chain (1998), Lord of the Fire Lands
(1999), Sky of Swords (2000); Paragon Lost (2002), Impossible
Odds (2003), The Jaguar Knights (2004); Children of
Chaos (2006) [prolific Canadian author, whose recent trilogies
are great fun, the latest setting up & undermining expectations
from book to book, creating what can only be called a kind of Möebius
Strip trilogy; now starting a new duology].
Eisenstein, Phyllis. Alaric the Minstrel: Born
to Exile (1978), In the Red Lord's Reach (1989); Cray Ormeru
sequence: Sorcerer's Son (1979), The Crystal Palace
(1988).
Elliott, Kate. The Novels of the Jaran: Jaran,
An Earthly Crown, His Conquering Sword, The Law of
Becoming; Crown of Stars: King's Dragon (1997),
Prince of Dogs (1998), The Burning Stone (1999), Child
of Flame(2000), The Gathering Storm (2003), In the Ruins
(2005), Crown of Stars (2006)[solid other world epic]; The
Golden Key Universe [The Seeker (?)].
Elliott, Kate, Melanie Rawn & Jennifer Roberson.
The Golden Key (1997) [huge world building novel, with intriguing
magic associated with painting; each author supposedly now writing
other novels set in same world].
Erikson, Steven. Tales of The Malazan Books of the
Fallen: Gardens of the Moon (1999); Deadhouse Gates
(2000), Memories of Ice (2001); House of Chains (2002);
Midnight Tides (2004). [one of the most deeply realized secondary
worlds ever; an ancient world ravaged by war, an empire wracked by
revolt, religious strife, etc; strong characterization; a profound
sense of that world’s history and anthropology; & bloody well
written].
Farmer, Philip José. World of Tiers [The Maker
of Universes (1965[80]), The Gates of Creation (1966[81]),
A Private Cosmos (1968[81]), Behind the Walls of Terra
(1970[82]), Red Orc's Rage (1991), More Than Fire: A World
of Tiers Novel (1993)]; Riverworld series [To Your Scattered
Bodies Go (1971), The Fabulous Riverboat (1971), The
Dark Design (1977), Riverworld and Other Stories (1979),
The Magic Labyrinth (1980), Riverworld War: The Suppressed
Fiction of Philip José Farmer (1980), The Gods of Riverworld
(1983), River of Eternity (1983)].
Feintuch, David. The Still (1997).
Finney, Jack. The Woodrow Wilson Dime (1968);
Time and Again (1970), From Time to Time (1995); About
Time (1986).
Ford, John M. The Dragon Waiting (1983) [one
of the finest alternate histories]; Casting Fortune (1989);
The Last Hot Time (2000).
Gaiman, Neil. The Books of Magic (1990-93);
Sandman (1991-96): Preludes & Nocturnes, The
Doll's House, Dream Country, Season of Mists, A
Game of You, Fables and Reflections, Brief Lives,
World's End, The Kindly Ones, The Wake [possibly
the finest ever graphic fantasy series]; Neverwhere (1997);
Smoke and Mirrors (ss) (1998); Stardust (1998); with
Yoshitaka Amano, The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (1999); American
Gods (2001); Coraline (2002); The Sandman: Endless Nights
(2003); Anansi Boys (2005).
Gaiman Neil, & Terry Prachett. Good Omens:
The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990).
Garner, Alan. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
(1960), The Moon of Gomrath (1963); Elidor (1965); The
Owl Service (1967); Red Shift (1973); Strandloper
(1996).
Gemmell, David. Drenai Saga [Legend (1984),
The King Beyond the Gate (1985), Waylander (1986), Quest
for Lost Heroes (1990), Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf
(1992)]; Jerusalem Man [The Jerusalem Man (1988), The Last
Guardian (1989), Bloodstone (1994)]; The Stones of Power
[Ghost King (1988), Last Sword of Power (1988)]; Macedon
[Lion of Macedon (1990), Dark Prince (1991)]; Pallides
Saga [Ironhand's Daughter (1995), The Hawk Eternal (1995),
etc].
Gentle, Mary. the White Crow sequence [ two stories
in Scholars and Soldiers (1989), Rats and Gargoyles
(1990), The Architecture of Desire (1991), main story in Left
to His Own Devices (1994)]; Ash: A Secret History (1999).
Gilman, Greer Ilene. Moonwise (1991).
Goldstein, Lisa. The Red Magician (1982); The
Dream Years (1985); Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon
(1993); Summer King, Winter Fool (1994).
Hambly, Barbara. The Darwath trilogy [The Time
of the Dark (1982), The Walls of Air (1983), The Armies
of Daylight (1983)]; The Sun Wolf books [The Ladies of Mandrigyn
(1984), The Witches of Wenshar (1987), The Dark Hand
of Magic (1990)]; Sun-Cross [The Rainbow Abyss (1991),
The Magicians of Night (1992)]; Dragonsbane (1986);
The Windrose Chronicles [The Silent Tower (1986), The Silicon
Mage (1988), Dog Wizard (1993)]; Those Who Hunt the
Night (1988), Traveling with the Dead (1995); Icefalcon's
Quest (1998); Sisters of the Raven (2002).
Hand, Elizabeth. Winterlong sequence: Winterlong
(1990), Aestival Tide (1992), Icarus Descending (1993);
Waking the Moon (1995); Glimmering (1997); Last Summer
at Mars Hill (1998)(ss); Black Light (1999); Mortal
Love (2004) [superior stylist working dark mysticism, etc].
Harlan, Thomas. The Oath of Empire: The Shadow
of Ararat (1999), The Gate of Fire (2000), The Storm
of Heaven (2001), The Dark Lord (2002) [alternate history
of Roman Empire].
Harrison, M. John. Viriconium [The Pastel City
(1971), A Storm of Wings (1980), In Viriconium (1982),
Viriconium Nights (1985)]; The Course of the Heart (1992).
Hearn, Lian. Tales of the Otori: Across the Nightingale
Floor (2002), Grass for His Pillow (2003), Brilliance of the
Moon (2004) [an alternate medieval Japan, lovingly evoked].
Henighan, Tom. The Well of Time (1988).
Hodgell, P.C. the Kencyrath sequence: God Stalk
(1982), Dark of the Moon (1985), Seeker's Mask (1994).
Holdstock, Robert. the Ryhope Wood sequence: Mythago
Wood (1984), Lavondys: Journey to an Unknown Region (1988),
title story: The Bone Forest (1991), The Hollowing (1993),
Merlin's Wood (1994) [deep into British mythology].
Huff, Tanya. Novels of Crystal: Child of the Grove
(1988), The Last Wizard (1989); the Quarters sequence: Sing
the Four Quarters (1994), Fifth Quarter (1995), etc; Gate
of Darkness, Circle of Light (1989); The Fire's Stone (1990);
Stealing Magic (1999/2005).
Jakober, Marie. The Black Chalice (2000);
Even the Stones (2004) [powerful feminist fantasies; the first
a re-imagining of Medieval European religion & mythology].
Johnson, Kij. The Fox Woman (2000).
Jones, Diana Wynne. Eight Days of Luke (1975);
Power of Three (1976); the Dalemark sequence: Cart and Cwidder
(1975), Drowned Amnet (1977), The Spellcoats (1979),
The Crown of Dalemark (1993); the Chrestomanci sequence: Charmed
Life (1977), The Magicians of Caprona (1980), Witch
Week (1982), The Lives of Christopher Chant (1988); Howl's
Moving Castle (1986), Castle in the Air (1990); The
Time of the Ghost (1981); Archer's Goon (1984); Hexwood
(1993); Black Maria (1991); A Sudden Wild Magic (1992);
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (1996), etc.
Karr, Phyllis Ann. Frostflower and Thorn: Frostflower
and Thorn (1980), Frostflower and Windbourne (1982).
Kay, Guy Gavriel. The Fionavar Tapestry: The
Summer Tree (1985), The Wandering Fire (1986), The Darkest
Road (1986); Tigana (1990); A Song for Arbonne (1992);
The Lions of Al-Rassan (1995); The Sarantine Mosaic:
Sailing to Sarantium (1998), Lord of Emperors (2000);
The Last Light of the Sun (2004) [one of the best writers of
alternate world histories; great depth of characterization].
Kerr, Katherine. The Kingdom of Deverry [Daggerspell
(1986), Darkspell (1987), The Bristling Wood (1989),
The Dragon Revenant (1990)]; The Westlands cycle [A Time
of Exile (1991), A Time of Omens (1992), A Time of War:
Days of Blood and Fire (1993), A Time of Justice: Days of Air
and Darkness (1994).
Keyes, J. Gregory. The Chosen of the Changeling: The
Waterborn (1996), The Blackgod (1997); The Age of Unreason:
Newton's Cannon (1998), A Calculus of Angels (1999),
Empire of Unreason (2000), The Shadows of God (2001);
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone: The Briar King (2003), The
Charnel Prince (2004).
King, Stephen. The Shining (1980); The Stand
(1978[90]); The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
(1982), The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987),
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (1991), The Dark Tower
IV: Wizard and Glass (1997), The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the
Calla (2003), The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004),
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2005); Pet Sematary
(1983); The Dark Half (1989); Insomnia (1994); Bag
of Bones (1998); too many others.
Kress, Nancy. The Prince of Morning Bells (1981);
The Golden Grove (1984); The White Pipes (1985).
Kurtz, Katherine. the Chronicles of Deryni [Deryni
Rising (1970), Deryni Checkmate (1972), High Deryni
(1973)]; Legends of Camber of Culdi [Camber of Culdi (1976),
Saint Camber (1978), Camber the Heretic (1980)]; Histories
of King Kelson [The Bishop's Heir (1984), The King's Justice
(1985), The Quest for Saint Camber (1986)]; Heirs of Saint
Camber [The Harrowing of Gwynedd (1989), King Javan's Year
(1992), The Bastard Prince (1994)], etc.
Kushner, Ellen. Swordspoint (1987); Thomas
the Rhymer (1990); with Delia Sherman, The Fall of the Kings
(2002) [witty, brilliant].
Lafferty, R.A. Past Master (1968); Fourth
Mansions (1969); etc.
Lee, Tanith. The Birthgrave trilogy: The Birthgrave
(1975), Vazkor, Son of Vazkor (1978), Quest for the White
Witch (1978); Wars of Vis: The Storm Lord (1976), Anackire
(1983), The White Serpent (1988); Tales from the Flat Earth:
Night's Master (1978), Death's Master (1979), Delusion's
Master (1981), Delirium's Mistress (1986), Night's Sorceries
(1987); The Secret Books of Paradys: The Book of the Damned
(1988), The Book of the Beast (1988), The Book of the Dead
(1991), The Book of the Mad (1993); Volkhavaar (1977);
Kill the Dead (1980); Lycanthia, or The Children of Wolves
(1981); Heart-Beast (1992); A Heroine of the World (1989);
The Blood of Roses (1990); etc.
Le Guin, Ursula. The Earthsea Trilogy (expanded
to 6): A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan
(1972), The Farthest Shore (1972), Tehanu: The Last Book
of Earthsea (1990), Tales from Earthsea (2001), The
Other Wind (2001); various shorter works in collections [a major
figure; the Earthsea Trilogy a masterpiece of the genre].
Leiber, Fritz. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Swords
and Deviltry (1970), Swords Against Death (1970), Swords
in the Mist (1968), Swords Against Wizardry (1968), The
Swords of Lankhmar (1968), Swords Against Ice (1977), The
Knight and Knave of Swords (1988); Our Lady of Darkness
(1977); short fiction, etc.
Lindholm, Megan. Windsingers: Harpy's Flight
(1983), The Windsingers (1984), The Limbreth Gate (1984),
Luck of the Wheels (1989); The Wizard of the Pigeons
(1986); as Robin Hobb: Farseer: Assasin's Apprentice (1994),
Royal Assassin (1996), Assassin’s Quest (1997); The
Liveship Traders: Ship of Magic (1998), Mad Ship (1999),
Ship of Destiny (2000); The Tawny Man: Fool’s Errand
(2002), Golden Fool (2003), Fool’s End (2004).
Lindskold, Jane. Brother to Dragons, Companion
to Owls (19?); Marks of Our Brothers (19?); The Pipes
of Orpheus (19?); Smoke and Mirrors (19?); When the
Gods Are Silent (199?); Changer: A Novel of the Athanor
(1998);
Lynn, Elizabeth A. The Chronicles of Tornor:
Watchtower (1979), The Dancers of Arun (1979), The
Northern Girl (1980); Dragon's Winter (1998).
McAuley, Paul J. Pasquale's Angel (1994).
Macavoy, R.A. Tea with the Black Dragon (1983),
Twisting the Rope (1986); The Book of Kells (1985);
The Grey Horse (1987).; Trio for Lute: Damiano (1983),
Damiano's Lute (1984), Raphael (1986); Lens of the World:
Lens of the World (1990), King of the Dead (1991), Winter
of the Wolf (1993).
McIntyre, Vonda N. The Sun and the Moon (1997).
McKenna, Juliet E. The Tales of the Einarinn: TheThief's
Gamble (1999), The Swordsman's Oath (2000), The Gambler’s
Fortune (2000), The Warrior’s Bond (2001), The Assassin’s
Edge (2002).
McKillip, Patricia. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
(1974); the Riddle-Master trilogy: The Riddle-Master of Hed
(1976), Heir of Sea and Fire (1977), Harpist in the Wind
(1979); The Sorceress and the Cygnet (1991), The Cygnet
and the Firebird (1993); The Book of Atrix Wolf (1995);
Winter Rose (1996); Song for the Basilisk (1998); The
Tower at Stony Wood (2000); Ombria in Shadow (2002); In
the Forests of Serre (2003); Alphabet of Thorn (2004);
Od Magic (2005) [a major fantasist; constructs fairy-tale novels
for adults].
McKinley, Robin. The Blue Sword (1982), The
Hero and the Crown (1985); Deerskin (1993).
Marston, Ann. The Rune Blade trilogy: Kingmaker's
Sword (1996), The Western King (1996), Broken Blade
(1997); the Sword in Exile trilogy: Cloudbearer's Shadow (1999),
King of Shadows (1999), Sword and Shadow (2000).
Martin, George R.R. Fevre Dream (1982); many
short stories gathered in various collections; A Song of Ice and
Fire: A Game of Thrones (1996), A Clash of Kings
(1999), A Storm of Swords (2000), A Feast for Crows
(2005).
Miéville, China. King Rat (1999); Perdido
Street Station (2000), The Scar (2002), Iron Council
(2004) [these 3 set on the same world; materialist fantasy?; dark,
unnerving, grand].
Moorcock, Michael. A hugely prolific writer, most
noted for massive Sword and Sorcery series featuring various avatars
of the Eternal Champion, Elric of Melniboné, Dorian Hawkmoon, Kane
of Old Mars, Corum, and Graf Ulrich Von Bek. Gloriana, or the Unfulfill'd
Queen: Being a Romance (1978); Mother London (1988).
Moore, Alan.V for Vendetta (1990); Watchmen
(1987); Batman: The Killing Joke (1988); Promethea (vols
1-4: 1999 – 2003); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,
Volume One (1999-2000), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,
Volume Two (2002-03) [alternate history]; many other graphic novels
[one of the masters of this mixed genre].
Moore, C.L. Jirel of Joiry (1977).
Morrow, James. Only Begotten Daughter (1990);
Towing Jehovah (1994), Blameless in Abaddon (1996);
Bible Stories for Adults (1996).
Murphy, Pat. The Falling Woman (1986); Nadya:
The Wolf Chronicles (1996).
Newman, Kim. Jago (1991); Anno-Dracula
(1992, The Bloody Red Baron (1995), Judgement of Tears:
Anno Dracula 1959 (1998), Dracula Cha Cha Cha (2000); others,
especially collections of short stories.
Norton, André. Highly prolific, most important series
is Witch World: Witch World (1983), Web of the Witch World
(1964), Year of the Unicorn (1965), Three Against the Witch
World (1965), Warlock of the Witch World (1967), Sorceress
of the Witchworld (1968), The Crystal Gryphon (1972), Spell
of the Witch World (1972), The Jargoon Pard (1974), Gryphon
in Glory (1981), others with collaborators, The Key of the
Keplian (1995, with Lyn McConchie), The Port of Storms
(1995?), The Warding of Witch World (1996).
Nye, Robert. Merlin (1978); Faust (1980).
Peake, Mervyn. The Gormenghast Trilogy: Titus
Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), Titus Alone (1959).
Pierce, Meredith Ann. The Darkangel trilogy:
The Darkangel (1982), A Gathering of Gargoyles (1984),
The Pearl of the Soul of the World (1990).
Pollack, Rachel. Unquenchable Fire (1988),
Temporary Agency (1994); Godmother Night (1996).
Powers, Tim. The Drawing of the Dark (1979);
The Anubis Gates (1983); On Stranger Tides (1987); The
Stress of Her Regard (1989); Last Call (1992); Fault
Lines: Expiration Date (1996), Earthquake Weather
(1997); Declare (2001).
Pratchett, Terry. The many Discworld fantasies.
Pullman, Philip. Various early works have fantasy
elements. His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (1996),
The Subtle Knife (1997), The Amber Spyglass (2000).
Roberts, Keith. Anita (1970); Pavane
(1969); The Chalk Giants (1974); Kiteworld (1985); Gráinne
(1987); The Road to Paradise (1989).
Rohan, Michael Scott. The Winter of the World:
The Anvil of Ice (1986), The Forge in the Forest (1987),
The Hammer of the Sun (1988); The Lord of Middle Air
(1994).
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn. The White Mists of Power
(1991); Traitors (1994); The Fey: Sacrifice (1995),
The Changeling (1996), The Rival (1997), The Resistance
(1998), Victory (1998); Black Throne: The Black Queen
(1999), The Black King (2000); many others, etc.
Russell, Sean. Moontide and Magic Rise: World
Without End (1994), Sea Without a Shore (1996); The
River into Darkness: Beneath the Vaulted Hills (1997),
The Compass of the Soul (1998); The Swan’s War: The
One Kingdom (2001), The Isle of Battle (2002), The Shadow
Roads (2004).
Ryman, Geoff. The Warrior Who Carried Life
(1985); Was (1992).
Salmonson, Jessica. Tomoe Gozen: Tomoe Gozen
(1981), The Golden Naginata (1982), Thousand Shrine Warrior
(1984);Ou Lu Khen and the Beautiful Madwoman (1985); has edited
many important anthologies.
Sampson, Fay. Daughter of Tintagel: Wise
Woman's Telling (1989), White Nun's Telling (1989), Black
Smith's Telling (1990), Taliesin's Telling (1991), Herself
(1992) [revisionist and recursive Arthurian fantasy]; Star Dancer
(1993).
Savage, Felicity. Humility Garden: An Unfinished
Biography (1995), In Human Country (1996).
Saxton, Josephine. The Hiros Gamos of Sam and An
Smith (1969); Group Feast (1971); Vector for Seven:
The Weltanschaung [sic]of Mrs Amelia Mortimer and Friends
(1971); Jane Saint series [The Travails of Jane Saint (1980),
Jane Saint and the Backlash: The Travails of Jane Saint (1986)].
Scott, Melissa, and Lisa A. Barnett. The Armor
of Light (1988); Point of Hopes (1995).
Shepard, Lucius. the Dragon Griule sequence ["The
Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule' (1984), The Scalehunter's Beautiful
Daughter (1988), The Father of Stones (1989); not collected];
The Jaguar Hunter (1987); The Golden (1993).
Sherman, Delia. Through a Brazen Mirror (1989);
The Porcelain Dove (1993).
Shinn, Sharon. The Shapechanger's Wife (1995).
Siegel, Jan. The Way of the Witch: Prospero's
Children (1999), The Dragon Charmer (2000), The Witch
Queen (2002).
Simmons, Dan. The Song of Kali (1985); Carrion
Comfort (1989); Lovedeath: Five Tales of Love and Death
(1993) Fires of Eden (1994).
Snyder, Midori. Soulstring (1987); Queen's
Quarter: New Moon (1989), Sadar's Keep (1990), Beldan's
Fire (1993); The Flight of Michael McBride (1994); The
Innamorati (1998); Hannah’s Garden (2002).
Somtow, S.P. the Riverrun trilogy: Riverrun
(1991), Armorica (1992), Yestern (1996); Vampire
Junction (1984); Moon Dance (1989).
Springer, Nancy. Book of the Isle: The White Hart
(1979), The Silver Sun (1980), The Sable Moon (1981),
The Black Beast 1982), The Golden Swan (1983); the Sea
King trilogy: Madbond (1987), Mindbond (1987), Godbond
(1988); The Hex Witch of Seldom (1988); Apocalypse (1989);
Larque on the Wing (1994); Metal Angel (1994); Fair
Peril (1996); lots more, especially YA.
Stableford, Brian M. Dies Irae trilogy: The Days
of Glory (1971), In the Kingdom of the Beasts (1971), Day
of Wrath (1971); The Empire of Fear (1988); David Ledyard
trilogy: The Werewolves of London (1990); The Angel of Pain
(1991), The Carnival of Destruction (1994); Youngblood
(1992); The Hunger and the Ecstacy of Vampires (1996).
Stewart, Sean. Nobody's Son (1993); Resurrection
Man (1995), The Night Watch (1997), Galveston (2000);
Clouds End (1996); Mockingbird (1998); Perfect Circle
(2004).
Stoddard, James. The High House (1998).
Stover, Matthew Woodring. Heart of Bronze: Iron
Dawn (1997), Jericho Moon (1998).
Straub, Peter. Julia (1975); If You Could
See Me Now (1977); Ghost Story (1979); Shadowland
(1980); Floating Dragon (1982); with Stephen King: The Talisman
(1984), Black House (2001); Koko (1988); Mystery
(1989); Houses without Doors (1990) (ss); The Throat
(1993); Ghosts (1995) (ss); Magic Terror (1997) (ss);
Mr X (1999); .Lost Boy Lost Girl (2003); In the Night
Room (2004).
Swann, Francis Burnett. Many novels set in ancient
Verdana, mostly out of print, including Day of the Minotaur
(1965); Queens Walk in the Dusk (1977), Green Phoenix
(1972), Lady of the Bees (1976); Wolfwinter (1972);
The Weirwoods (1967); The Gods Abide (1976); etc.
Swanwick, Michael. The Iron Dragon's Daughter
(1994).
Sweet, Caitlin. A Telling of Stars (2003),
The Silences of Home (2005).
Tarr, Judith. The Hound and the Falcon: The
Isle of Glass (1985), The Golden Horn (1985), The Hounds
of God (1986); the Avaryon Rising series: The Hall of the Mountain
King (1986), The Lady of Han-Gilen (1987), A Fall of
Princes (1988), Arrows of the Sun (1993), Spear of Heaven
(1994), Tides of Darkness (2002); A Wind in Cairo (1989);
Alamut: Alamut (1989), The Dagger and the Cross: a Novel
of the Crusades (1991); His Majesty’s Elephant (1993);
Epona: White Mare’s Daughter (1998), The Shepherd Kings
(1999), Lady of Horses (2000), Daughter of Lir (2001);
Kingdom of the Grail (2000); Pride of Kings (2001);
Rite of Conquest (2004); King’s Blood (2005); many historical
novels as well.
Tepper, Sherri S. The Revenants (1984); the
Marianne trilogy: Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore (1985),
Marianne, the Madame and the Momentary Gods (1988), Marianne,
the Matchbox, and the Malachite Mouse (1989); Beauty (1992);
A Plague of Angels (1993); Grass (1989), Raising
the Stones (1990), Sideshow (1992) [Her work is described
by The Encyclopedia of Fantasy as like Revisionist fantasy,
but "combining genre conventions traditionally kept distinct"].
Tower, S. D. The Assassins of Tamurin (2003).
Vance, Jack. The Dying Earth (1950), The
Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Cugel's Saga (1983), Rhialto
the Marvellous (1984); Lyonesse [Lyonesse: Suldren's
Garden (1983), Lyonesse: The Green Pearl (1985), Madouc
(1990)].
Volsky, Paula. The Curse of the Witch Queen
(1982); Sorcerer's Lady trilogy: The Sorcerer's Lady (1986),
The Sorcerer's Heir (1988), The Sorcerer's Curse (1989);
The Luck of Relian Kru (1987); Illusion (1991); The
Wolf of Winter (1993); The Gates of Twilight (1996); The
White Tribunal (1997); Grand Ellipse (2000).
Walton, Jo. Tir Tanagiri: The King’s Peace
(2000), The King’s Name (2001), The Prize in the Game
(2002); Muses and Lurkers (2001) (ss); Tooth and Claw
(2003); Farthing (2006).
Wells, Martha. The Death of the Necromancer
(1998); Wheel of the Infinite (2000).
Wilder, Cherry. Rulers of Hyor: A Princess of Chameln
(1984), Yorath the Wolf (1984), The Summer's King (1986).
Willey, Elizabeth. the Prospero sequence: The Well-Favored
Man: The Tale of the Sorcerer's Nephew (1994), A Sorcerer and
a Gentleman (1995), The Price of Blood and Honour (1996).
Williams, Tad. Tailchaser's Song (1983); Memory,
Sorrow, Thorn: The Dragonbone Chair (1988), Stone of
Farewell (1990), To the Green Angel Tower (1993); Caliban's
Hour (1994); The War of the Flowers (2003); Shadowmarch
Volume One (2004) [the 4 volume Otherland series is sf, but with
fantasy overtones].
Willis, Connie. Lincoln's Dreams (1987).
Wolfe, Gene. The Devil in a Forest (1976);
the Latro sequence: Soldier of the Mist (1986), Soldier
of Arete (1989); There Are Doors (1989); Castleview
(1990); The Book of the New Sun (1980-83) [the last is sf,
but with fantasy overtones]; The Wizard Knight: The Knight
(2003), The Wizard (2004).
Wood, Bridget. The Minstrel's Lute (1987),
Satanic Lute (1987); as Frances Gordon: Blood Ritual
(1994); the Wolfking series [Wolfking (1991), The Last Prince
(1992), Rebel Angel (1993), Sorceress (1994)].
Wrede, Patricia C. Lyra: Shadow Magic (1982),
Daughter of Witches (1983), The Harp of Imach Thyssel (1985),
Caught in Crystal (1987), The Raven Wing (1994); The
Seven Towers (1984); The Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Talking
to Dragons (1985 [93]), Dealing with Dragons (1990), Searching
for Dragons (1991), Calling on Dragons (1993); Snow
White and Rose Red (1989); Book of Enchantments (1996)
(ss) [also YA fiction].
Wrightson, Patricia. the Wirrun trilogy: The Ice
Is Coming (1977), The Dark Bright Water (1978), Journey
Behind the Wind (1981; [plus many YA novels].
Wurts, Janny. Cycle of Fire trilogy: Stormwarden
(1984), Keeper of the Keys (1988), Shadowfane (1988)];
The Master of Whitestorm (1992); Wars of Light and Shadow:
Ships of Merior: The Curse of the Mistwraith (1993), The
Ships of Merior (1994), Warbost of Vastmark (1995);
Sorcerer's Legacy (1989); The Master of the White Storm
(1992); That Way Lies Camelot (1994); Wars of Light and Shadow:
Alliance of Light: Fugitive Prince (1997), Grand Conspiracy
(1999), Peril’s Gate (2001), Traitor’s Knot (2004);
To Ride Hell’s Chasm (2002).
Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn. Ariosto Furioso, a Romance
for An Alternate Renaissance (1980); The Godforsaken (1983);
A Mortal Glamor (1985); Beastnights (1989); the Saint-Germain
vampire tales: Hotel Transylvania: A Novel of Forbidden Love
(1978), The Palace (1978), Blood Games (1980), Path
of the Eclipse (1981), Tempting Fate (1982), The Saint-Germain
Chronicles (1983) (ss), Out of the House of Life (1990),
Darker Jewels (1993), Better in the Dark (1993), Mansions
of Darkness: A Novel of Saint-Germain (1996), Writ in Blood
(1997), Blood Roses (1998), Communion Blood (1999),
Come Twilight (2000), A Feast in Exile (2001), In
the Face of Death (2001), Night Blooming (2002), Midnight
Harvest (2003), Dark of the Sun (2004), States of Grace
(2005), Roman Dusk (2006); Atta Olivia Clemens: A Flame
in Byzantium (1987), Crusader's Torch (1988), A Candle
for D'Artagnan (1989); Sisters of the Night: The Angry Angel
(1998), The Soul of an Angel (1999).
Yolen, Jane. The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms (1978);Cards
of Grief (1984); The Devil's Arithmetic (1988); Briar
Rose (1992); The WIld Hunt (1995); The Books of Great Alta:
Sister Light, Sister Dark (1988), White Jenna (1989),
The One-Armed Queen (1998) [many YA titles].
Zelazny, Roger. Much of his SF can be read in fantasy
terms: This Immortal (1966); Lord of Light (1967); Creatures
of Light and Darkness (1969), Isle of the Dead (1969).
Jack of Shadows (1971); Chronicles of Amber: Nine Princes
in Amber (1970), The Guns of Avalon (1972), Sign of
the Unicorn (1975), The Hand of Oberon (1976),The Courts
of Chaos (1978); Trumps of Doom (1985), Blood of Amber
(1986), Sign of Chaos (1987), Knight of Shadows (1989),
Prince of Chaos (1991); Wizard World: Changeling (1980),
Madwand (1981); Dilvish: The Changing Land (1981), Dilvish,
the Damned (1982); with Jane Lindskold, Lord Demon (1999);
various short stories in various collections.
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