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Sword of the DemonNovel
Richard A. Lupoffstandalone novel1977
Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and demons.
The Fire's StoneNovel
Tanya Huffstandalone novel1990
Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and wizards.
“Aaron - Clan Heir, he had fled his people when his beloved was slain by his own father's command, abandoning his training, duty, and beliefs to become a thief.”
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The Ivory KeySeries
series2 books2022
Epic fantasy, about quests and sibling rivalry.
Start with The Ivory Key →
Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse
universe102 books1961
Set in secondary world.
“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue
Start with Elric of Melniboné →
includes Corum, The Elric Saga, Hawkmoon, Eternal Champion, Warrior of Mars
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy, 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.”
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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
PusadianSeries
series9 books1951
completed
Adventurous in tone, about quests.
“The Pusadian series is a sequence of fantasy stories by L. Sprague de Camp, begun in the early 1950s and written under the influence of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories.”
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Start with The Eye of Tandyla →