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About wizards.
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
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Set in secondary world.
“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
Stephen King multiverseUniverse
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Dark in tone.
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Gunslinger →
includes The Dark Tower
InfernoSeries
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About redemption and faith and religion.
“In Inferno, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle send a science fiction writer to his death and drop him into a modern-dress version of Dante's nine circles of Hell, where he must reason his way toward understanding why he has been damned.”
from the catalogue
Start with Inferno →
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Portal fantasy and mythic fantasy, about transported to another world.
“When he finally manages to crack open the rock, a mist escapes.”
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Tender MorselsNovel
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Fairy tale retelling, about family secrets, set in secondary world.