- Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber omnibus edition.
- Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun omnibus edition.
- Vance's Tales of the Dying Earth omnibus edition.
- Tolkien's Lord of the Rings omnibus edition (noticing a trend here?).
- China Mieville's The Scar (not an omnibus edition).
- M. John Harrison's Viriconium omnibus edition.
- George R. R. Martin's A Clash of Kings. (I can't go with the entire Song of Ice and Fire to date, and I think the second one was probably my favourite volume so far...)
- John Grant's The Sacrifice of Ruanon. (Probably my favourite "young adult" fantasy book.
- Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule. (People complain about this series but I've only read the first volume and thought it was rather good, actually.)
- C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia omnibus edition.
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Me me me
I couldn't partake in the 15 games in 15 minutes thing because, really, I don't think I could actually even think of 15 games off the top of my head. But Scott has started a newer and more relevant-to-my-interests meme (10 fantasy books you would take to a desert island, no more than one by a single author) so hey, why not? Mine would be, in no particular order:
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A large portion of my collection of my favorite authors (and the books on my list) is in omnibus editions. I was not aware, though, that there was a Book of the New Sun omnibus other than the two-volume books. I will have to hunt that down.
ReplyDeleteIt might be a UK only thing. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Severian-Guild-Torturer-Conciliator-Gollancz/dp/0575081309/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288114600&sr=1-2
ReplyDeleteJust as you couldn't think of 15 games I can barely think of 10 fantasy books, let alone ones by different authors I'd want to bring to a desert island. I mean, without Terry Pratchett's Discworld books my list of favorite fantasy books of all time would only be about three or four. With Pratchett I could make 10 easy.
ReplyDeleteScience Fiction books? Well that's a different story...
The Book of the New Sun is one of my all-time favorite reads of all time. I just finished reading them for the third time this summer and they really hold up.
ReplyDeleteYeah, omnibus editions really do help things along. I wonder as e-tech gets better/bright if that trend will continue? Page size won't necessarily be a limiting factor anymore.
ReplyDeleteGene Wolfe's series is hands down my favorite group of fantasy books. Such a complete world he creates and such writing. Personally, I would've gone with Mieville's Perdido Street Station, but again, such a good writer.
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