The Broken Sword
By: Poul Anderson
3.86
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Thor broke the sword Tyrfing to save the roots of Yggdrasil, the tree that binds earth, heaven and …
Want to Read $ 7.99"Happier are all men than the dwellers in Faerie – or the gods, for that matter…Better a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness that can see naught above or beyond itself…the day draws nigh when Faerie shall fade, the Erlking himself shrink to a woodland sprite and then to nothing, and the gods go under. And the worst of it is, I cannot believe it wrong that the immortals will not live forever."-Poul Anderson, The Broken Sword
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1. The Face In The Frost
By: John Bellairs
3.81
Format: 174 pages, Hardcover
The Face in the Frost is a fantasy classic, defying categorization with its richly imaginative stor… read more
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"If I were serious I would never have become a wizard, would I?"-John Bellairs, The Face In The Frost
"I do not think, Prospero,' he said, 'that one should attribute a very high degree of reality to your house."-John Bellairs, The Face In The Frost
"Nahum bobbed again. 'My crest is cropped by croaking cranes. I go to drown in doleful dumps, dead-drunk with drearihead."-John Bellairs, The Face In The Frost
"He had taken the precaution of closing the inside shutters of the only window, and his staff, though it leaned lightly on the door, was capable of keeping out anyone who did not want to smash his way…"-John Bellairs, The Face In The Frost
2. The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
By: Jack Vance
3.89
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Seekers of wisdom and beauty include lovely lost women, eccentric wizards and man-eating melancholy… read more
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"It is thus because it has always been thus. Is not this reason enough?"-Jack Vance, The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
"T'sais mounted her horse and set out for Earth, seeking love and beauty."-Jack Vance, The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
"To the furthest reach of my memory, Rogol Domedonfors ruled the city. He knew lore of all ages, secrets of fire and light, gravity and countergravity, the knowledge of superphysic numeration, metatha…"-Jack Vance, The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
"On the heights above the river Xzan, at the site of certain ancient ruins, Iucounu the Laughing Magician had built a manse to his private taste: an eccentric structure of steep gables, balconies, sky…"-Jack Vance, The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
3. The Bane of the Black Sword (The Elric Saga, #5)
By: Michael Moorcock
4.02
Format: 157 pages, Mass Market Paperback
After much wandering and seeking Elric finally discovers the location of the sorcerer who had earli… read more
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- sword and sorcery
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"The subtlest lie of all is the full truth."-Michael Moorcock, The Bane of the Black Sword (The Elric Saga, #5)
"You spend your lives chasing that which is within you and that which you can find in any other human being - but you will not look for it there - you must follow more glamorous paths - to waste your …"-Michael Moorcock, The Bane of the Black Sword (The Elric Saga, #5)
4. Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1)
By: Fritz Leiber
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
For the first time-the story of how the greatest heroes in fantastic literature first met. 'The two… read more
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5. The Weird of the White Wolf (The Elric Saga, #3)
By: Michael Moorcock
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"We must be bound to one another then. Bound by hell-forged chains and fate-haunted circumstance. W… read more
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6. The King of Elfland's Daughter
By: Neil Gaiman , Lord Dunsany
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's Daughter has made it one of the mos… read more
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7. The Queen of the Swords (Corum, #2)
By: Michael Moorcock
3.79
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The second novel in the Corum series - The Swords trilogy read more
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8. The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)
By: Jack Vance
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Scoundrel Cugel is sent far away, by a magician he has wronged, to retrieve magical lenses that rev… read more
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9. Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse #1)
By: Jack Vance
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The Elder Isles, located in what is now the Bay of Biscay off the the coast of Old Gaul, are made u… read more
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10. The Knight of the Swords (Corum, #1)
By: Michael Moorcock
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
THE HAND OF KWLL AND THE EYE OF RHYNN IN EXCHANGE FOR THE HEART OF AIRIOCH There were Gods abroad i… read more
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11. Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #2)
By: Fritz Leiber
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the second instalment of this rousing series, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser journey from the ancien… read more
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12. The King of the Swords (Corum, #3)
By: Michael Moorcock
4.26
Format: 168 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A WRATH UNBOUND Chaos prevailed over the fifteen planes of reality. The old races had decayed. Only… read more
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13. The Fortress of the Pearl (Elric #8)
By: Michael Moorcock
4.28
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
The seventh installment in the prolific Moorcock's series about warrior Elric of Melnibone is set e… read more
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14. The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (Elric, #2)
By: Michael Moorcock
3.74
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Leaving his cousin Yrkoon sitting as regent upon the Ruby Throne of Melnibone, leaving his cousin C… read more
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15. The Worm Ouroboros
By: E.R. Eddison , Keith Henderson
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This is the book that shaped the landscape of contemporary science fiction and fantasy. When The Lo… read more
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16. Elric of Melniboné (Elric, #1)
By: Michael Moorcock
3.90
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
It is the colour of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair that flows below his shoulders i… read more
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17. Stormbringer (Elric, #6)
By: Michael Moorcock
4.00
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
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18. The Vanishing Tower (Elric, #4)
By: Michael Moorcock
4.00
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Elric of Melnibone, proud prince of ruins, last lord of a dying race, wanders the lands of the Youn… read more
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19. The Pastel City
By: M. John Harrison
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The first book in the Viriconium series: In the distant future, a medieval system rises from the ru… read more
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20. The Broken Sword
By: Poul Anderson
3.86
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Thor broke the sword Tyrfing to save the roots of Yggdrasil, the tree that binds earth, heaven and … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
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- audiobook
"Happier are all men than the dwellers in Faerie – or the gods, for that matter…Better a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness that can see naught above or beyond itse…"-Poul Anderson, The Broken Sword
21. Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)
By: Michael Moorcock
4.07
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award–winner Michael Moorcock, comes the first book in his … read more
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