Re: Golden Age of Modern Fantasy
Posted by:
Sawfish (IP Logged)
Date: 7 March, 2021 12:38PM
It's really interesting.
So to expand the list, Tolkien has it, right?, and I've not read that much in this sub-genre (Hah! "elfin bells sub-genre"! You need to copyright this, Knygatin!), so I can't easily name any more. Maybe you can expand this list a bit?
But the Cthulu Mythos, or any such works that are derivative, or expand it, have pretty much zero elfin bells, I'd guess.
I think you might enjoy The Worm Ourboros. It is the only one of Eddison's works I like, and it is formulaic, in a sense, but has excellent sense of place and an arcane and archaic vocabulary that I really liked.
"Ensorcelled," indeed!
Just the names of the main characters are worth reading.
It also has a strong sense of underlying dynastic ambitions, as in Game of Thrones, or Dune--or even The Godfather.
--Sawfish
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