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ListJul 24, 2025

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@lookingatthebigskyOL5547398M: The Gormenghast Trilogy Volume 2

ListMay 4, 2025

older non-tolkien western fantasy

stuff from a time when genre was more nebulous suggestions welcome

@cherryTitus Groan

QuoteSep 4, 2024

This is a love that equals in its power the love of man for woman and reaches inwards as deeply. It is the love of a man or of a woman for their world. For the world of their centre where their lives burn genuinely and with a free flame. The love of the diver…

@tgestabrookTitus Groan

ReviewJul 5, 2024

Possibly the best weird fantasy ever

One of the strangest & most beautiful books I have ever read. The writing is stunning, there are sentences in here that lit up neurons I didn't know I had. The narration whirls between tiny details and grand vistas in a way that is deliberate and tightly cont…

@tgestabrookTitus Groan

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older non-tolkien western fantasy

Mervyn Peake

Possibly the best weird fantasy ever