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*'''''[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] - The Hobbit, [[The Lord of the Rings]], and anything else he wrote''''': The great grand-daddy of modern fantasy. at Not having even the slightest familiarity with his work is inexcusable | *'''''[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] - The Hobbit, [[The Lord of the Rings]], and anything else he wrote''''': The great grand-daddy of modern fantasy. at Not having even the slightest familiarity with his work is inexcusable | ||
*'''''Michael Moorcock - the Elric Saga''''' - The spiritual liege of Drizzt Do Urden, with all of the Mary Sue replaced with badassery. Elric, the High Lord of Chaos, travels reality with a shadow puma and a soul-eating demon sword learning the true nature of Chaos. | *'''''Michael Moorcock - the Elric Saga''''' - The spiritual liege of Drizzt Do Urden, with all of the Mary Sue replaced with badassery. Elric, the High Lord of Chaos, travels reality with a shadow puma and a soul-eating demon sword learning the true nature of Chaos. | ||
*'''''Robert E. Howard - Conan the Barbarian''''': Conan the Barbarian was born from | *'''''Robert E. Howard - Conan the Barbarian''''': Conan the Barbarian was born from this quill. A seminal pulp classic which could be considered the father of sword and sorcery. | ||
*'''''[[George R. R. Martin]] - [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''''': Best character development in genre, with a bit of mystery, political chess and realistically high death rate. | *'''''[[George R. R. Martin]] - [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''''': Best character development in genre, with a bit of mystery, political chess and realistically high death rate. | ||
*'''''Terry Pratchett - Discworld series''''': Starts from parodying Fantasy as genre, finishes far beyond AWESOME. Rare combination of good humor and wise messages. | *'''''Terry Pratchett - Discworld series''''': Starts from parodying Fantasy as genre, finishes far beyond AWESOME. Rare combination of good humor and wise messages. | ||
*'''''Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind''''': A mary sue bard goes on mary sue adventures - world building may be weak but it's a fun read, so enough people on /tg/ have read it to count, even though nobody will praise it. | |||
*'''''Brandon Carbaugh - Deep Sounding''''': A two-part story written by a fa/tg/uy, dealing with themes of isolation in a Dwarven society. Consistently humorous and socially relevant. | |||
==Science Fiction== | ==Science Fiction== | ||
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*'''''Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream''''': The most creepy in this book is that author thought it is optimistic. If he some day want to wrote something pessimistic, universe would implode from grimdark overdose. | *'''''Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream''''': The most creepy in this book is that author thought it is optimistic. If he some day want to wrote something pessimistic, universe would implode from grimdark overdose. | ||
*'''''George Orwell - [[1984]]''''': WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH! | *'''''George Orwell - [[1984]]''''': WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH! | ||
*'''A Canticle for Leibowitz''' In the grim darkness of the far future there is only Catholicism. Think Fallout meets Farenheit 451 and you wouldn't be too far off. | *'''''A Canticle for Leibowitz''''' In the grim darkness of the far future there is only Catholicism. Think Fallout meets Farenheit 451 and you wouldn't be too far off. | ||
==Horror== | ==Horror== | ||
Revision as of 05:03, 14 June 2013
/tg/ Approved Literature
We're imaginative folks here on /tg/, and there's a lot of tuff which insites this.
Fantasy
- J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and anything else he wrote: The great grand-daddy of modern fantasy. at Not having even the slightest familiarity with his work is inexcusable
- Michael Moorcock - the Elric Saga - The spiritual liege of Drizzt Do Urden, with all of the Mary Sue replaced with badassery. Elric, the High Lord of Chaos, travels reality with a shadow puma and a soul-eating demon sword learning the true nature of Chaos.
- Robert E. Howard - Conan the Barbarian: Conan the Barbarian was born from this quill. A seminal pulp classic which could be considered the father of sword and sorcery.
- George R. R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire: Best character development in genre, with a bit of mystery, political chess and realistically high death rate.
- Terry Pratchett - Discworld series: Starts from parodying Fantasy as genre, finishes far beyond AWESOME. Rare combination of good humor and wise messages.
- Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind: A mary sue bard goes on mary sue adventures - world building may be weak but it's a fun read, so enough people on /tg/ have read it to count, even though nobody will praise it.
- Brandon Carbaugh - Deep Sounding: A two-part story written by a fa/tg/uy, dealing with themes of isolation in a Dwarven society. Consistently humorous and socially relevant.
Science Fiction
- Edgar Rice Burroughs - A Princess of Mars: Iconic, manly, and fuckin' A!
- Frank Herbert - Dune & its sequels: World-building, politic, super-humans - it's one helluva party. The spice must flow!
- Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers: Where Space Marines and Tyranids came from.
- Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The most creepy in this book is that author thought it is optimistic. If he some day want to wrote something pessimistic, universe would implode from grimdark overdose.
- George Orwell - 1984: WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH!
- A Canticle for Leibowitz In the grim darkness of the far future there is only Catholicism. Think Fallout meets Farenheit 451 and you wouldn't be too far off.
Horror
- H.P. Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulu & Other Stories, Dreams in the Witch-House, At the Mountains of Madness, and anything else he wrote - Lovecraft is to modern horror what Tolkein was to fantasy.
Mystery
- Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep: The grandfather of Noir.