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Prospero and Roger BaconSeries
series2 books1969
completed
Eerie in tone, about quests.
“The Face in the Frost, John Bellairs's only adult fantasy novel, follows two aging wizards, Prospero and Roger Bacon, as they track down a rising magical evil that has started to unravel the world around them.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Face in the Frost →
GorSeries
series41 books1966
Science fantasy, about slavery.
“The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state.”
from the catalogue
Start with Tarnsman of Gor →
The ScholomanceSeries
series3 books2020
Tense in tone, about magic schools and survival.
Start with A Deadly Education →
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.
“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle
BirthgraveSeries
series3 books1975
completed
About revenge and identity.
“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Birthgrave →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History