# Time for another fantasy recommendation thread!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-fantasy-recommendation-thread/237677>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 1, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-fantasy-recommendation-thread/237677 "2004-04-01T06:01:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JackaRoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JackaRoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackaRoe)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-fantasy-recommendation-thread/237677/21 "2004-04-24T00:37:25Z")

</div>

\*\*The Lyonesse Chronicles \*\* by Jack Vance made up of **Suldrun’s Garden** , \*\*The Green Pearl, \*\* and **Madouc**. Great fantasy overlaid on semi Authurian ledgend and landscape.

**The Dying Earth** by Jack Vance. Takes place millions of years in the future, lots of magic and the real twist is the protagonist is a very unlikable person.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-fantasy-recommendation-thread/237677/22 "2004-04-24T16:35:31Z")

</div>

**Feesters in the Lake** , a collection of the short fiction of Bob Leman, published by John Pelan, Midnight House. These stories were originally published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1967 to 1988. The book is in print, Mr. Leman is still alive, and he deserves more attention than he’s getting.

Every story in the book is a gem.

Quoting from the intro:

“Each tale demonstrates tight plotting, excellent characterization and an exemplary lack of adjectival fog. No effect for effect’s sake is allowed, there are no atmospheric set-pieces, and no hysterical ramblings – only recognizably real people responding to situations as real people must respond rather than as puppets created to aid the plot.”

My other two recommendations are **The Innamorati** by Midori Snyder, a rich story involving a Venetian mask maker, a golem, and a real siren, and **Tigana** by Guy Gavriel Kay, a story about vengeance that will break your heart.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-fantasy-recommendation-thread/237677.md?page=1)