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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Fantasy and epic fantasy, about wizards.
“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
The Forgotten Beasts of EldNovel
Patricia A. McKillipstandalone novel1974
Fantasy, about wizards and coming of age.
Jack of ShadowsSeries
series4 books1971
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and reincarnation.
Start with Jack of Shadows →
AnathemNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel2008
Science fiction and hard science fiction, challenging in tone, about aliens.
ErewhonSeries
series4 books1872
completed
Literary & general and satire, about class conflict.
Start with Erewhon, or, Over the Range →
GorSeries
series41 books1966
Sword and sorcery, dark in tone, about slavery and gender and society.
“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 →