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- Jack of Shadows
series4 books1971
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Roger Zelazny's Jack of Shadows (1971) is a single novel set on a tidally locked world split between a permanently lit hemisphere ruled by science and a permanently dark one ruled by magic. Its protagonist, Jack of Shadows, draws his power from shadow itself and is nearly helpless in full light or full darkness but formidable wherever shadows fall; the book follows his quest to recover a lost artifact, the Key called Kolwynia, and the power -- and responsibility -- that comes with finding it.
- Gor
series41 books1966
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Gor is the fictional setting for a series of sword and planet novels written by philosophy professor John Lange, writing as John Norman. The setting was first described in the 1966 novel Tarnsman of Gor. The series is inspired by science fantasy pulp fiction works by Edgar Rice Burroughs, such as the Barsoom series. It also includes erotica and philosophical content. The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Norman's "sexual philosophy" is "widely detested", but the books have inspired a Gorean subculture.
- The Dark World
Henry Kuttnerstandalone novel1965
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The Dark World is a science fantasy novel credited to Henry Kuttner, although his wife C. L. Moore may have been an uncredited collaborator, or possibly even the author. The novel was first published in the July 1946 issue of Startling Stories, then reprinted in the Winter 1954 issue of Fantastic Story Magazine. Its first book edition was issued by Ace in 1965, followed by a British edition by Mayflower Books in 1966. A French translation appeared in 1972. The novel was reprinted in full in Issue #5 of Amberzine in 1992, and also collected in a 1997 paperback omnibus, The Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner. Roger Zelazny, author of The Chronicles of Amber, credits this book as being one of his primary influences during his youth.
- The Broken Earth
series5 books2014
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N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy is set on the Stillness, a single supercontinent wracked every few centuries by civilization-ending climate catastrophes called Fifth Seasons. It follows orogenes, people born with the power to move earth and quell earthquakes, who are trained and controlled by the state even as they are feared and despised. The Fifth Season, the opening volume, traces three women revealed to be the same person at different stages of her life, setting up the two sequels that follow her search for her daughter after an orogene shatters the continent.
- City of Bones
Martha Wellsstandalone novel1995
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From the dust jacket laps of the Tor first edition: "....With City of Bones, Wells shapes a fabled and mysterious Arabian Nights wonderland in which science and magic meet in a head-on clash. it is a place that has been devastated by an ancient holocaust, and where not of the world's water has evaporated. But out of the ashes, a bizarre and wonderful civilization arises. Sand ship now traverse the routes once used by the great war galleons, and a glittering chain of city-states dot the Great Waste. And the greatest of them all is Charisat. Charisat, Imperial seat and wonder of wonders, a great monolithic structure towering over the desert. Charisat, a phantasmagorical place where silken courtesans and beggars weave lies side by side, where any man's dreams can be fulfilled at the whisper of a genie, and where the tier that you live on determines how high up the food (or more importantly, water) chain you are. Charisat, the goal of every schemer, treasure hunter, and madman intent on finding his hearts content. For if it can't be had in Charisat, it's not worth having. A beautiful woman and a handsome thief try to unravel the mysteries of an age-old technology to stop a fanatical cult before its members unleash an evil that will topple Charisat. And destroy all the water in the world."
- Star Gate
Andre Nortonstandalone novel1958
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Star Gate is a science fantasy novel by American writer Andre Norton, published by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1958. The story is science fiction with a blend of sword and sorcery, mingling technologically advanced humans from Earth with the human natives of the far-off world of Gorth and a native culture that has achieved the development level of medieval Europe.
- Green Star Rises
series5 books1972
completed
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Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft and Grail Undwin. In the 1970s he was editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, which introduced readers to many overlooked classics of the fantasy genre.
- The Other Side of the Sky (Kaufman & Spooner)
series2 books2020
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- The Mount
Carol Emshwillerstandalone novel2002
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The Mount is a 2002 science fantasy novel by Carol Emshwiller. It won the Philip K. Dick Award in 2002, and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2003.
- New Crobuzon
series4 books2000
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The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist. Perdido Street Station follows a renegade scientist and his lover after an experiment unleashes something monstrous on the city, while The Scar and Iron Council return to the same setting with different casts and only loose continuity between books.
- Estcarp
series8 books1963
completed
part of Witch World
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Estcarp is the founding cycle of Andre Norton's Witch World series, beginning with Witch World (1963) and continuing through books such as Web of the Witch World, Three Against the Witch World, and Sorceress of the Witch World. It is set on a world where magic long ago displaced science and, for centuries, was wielded almost exclusively by women, following outsiders and native witches who defend the ancient realm of Estcarp against rival powers from beyond its borders. Norton wrote most of the cycle alone before bringing in collaborators later in her career, as part of the wider Witch World universe.
- Roadmarks
Roger Zelaznystandalone novel1979
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Roadmarks is a science fantasy novel by American author Roger Zelazny, written during the late 1970s and published in 1979.
- Queenmagic, Kingmagic
Ian Watsonstandalone novel1986
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From the front flap of the Gollancz first edition: "In another world, somewhere in space and time, two nations, Bellogard and Chorny - are locked in perpetual war, conducted by magic. Each of the main members of the two countries' courts - King, Queen, Prince, Bishop, Knight and Squire - has their own form of magic, and special ways of moving magically. A war may continue for centuries, until one side succeeds in killing the other side's King, at which point the whole world vanishes, only to reappear and have the cycle begin again... Pedino is a young Bellogardian who is sent to uncover a Chornian spy. During his adventures he meets and falls in love with a whore, Sara, and Pedino's whole world is threatened with extinction. There have been many stories modelled on chess games, but none so ingenious and enjoyable as Ian Watson's latest novel. And the story of Bellogard and Chorny is only the beginning. When Pedino and Sara manage to escape the destruction of their universe, they find themselves in a series of even more bizarre worlds operating under still stranger rules, as they seek to discover the purpose of their existence, and the meaning of their universe."
- Angel Mage
Garth Nixstandalone novel2019
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Angel Mage is a 2019 young adult science fiction novel by Garth Nix.
- The Lord of the Rings
series13 books1954
part of Tolkien's legendarium
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The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling books ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.
- Dying Earth
series27 books1950
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Dying Earth is a speculative fiction series by the American author Jack Vance, comprising four books originally published from 1950 to 1984. Some have been called picaresque. The series includes short story collections, fix-ups, and novels.
- Coldfire
series5 books1991
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C. S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy is set on the human colony world of Erna, where settlers survive alongside the fae, a reality-warping force that gives physical shape to belief and fear. Opening with Black Sun Rising, it follows the uneasy partnership between a priest, Damien Vryce, and the ruthless, centuries-old sorcerer Gerald Tarrant against a shared threat neither can face alone.
