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This has been following me everywhere since I first encountered book 2 (the Manticore) on the CODEX dollar cart. I have historically been a dollar-cart sceptic, but since inhaaaaling this (Very quick ! Utterly charming !) series I’ve been changed. Read Robertson Davies. You can probably find him as I have, in boxes of free shit on the sidewalk, the shelves of your favorite used bookstore, or the depths of some old lady’s closet in a very good estate sale on Long Island.
Read if you like: a Fable, Jungian analysis, the traveling circus
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Recently read and loved Foundryside, a heist book that explores the ethics of AI through a fantasy lens. Super engaging, the grown up version of the series that were popular when we were kids. Liked it enough that I bought the whole trilogy!
Amor Towles, Ted Chiang, and Annalee Newitz are all so good too.
Apr 17, 2024
One of the most delightful original funny fantasy duologies I’ve read in forever and THE SEQUEL JUST CAME OUT!!! A nasty old lady river boat captain with a secret quest is navigating a river which is actually the ghost of a dead dragon, encountering countless alien/fantasy races with unique cultures and magic, and investigating a mysterious disease which is poisoning the dragon’s ghost and all the environments that have sprung from it. If I don’t find someone to talk to about these books soon I will crack.
P.S. I recommend the audiobook, the reader is excellent. It’s on Hoopla if your library has that platform.
Dec 17, 2024
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With your interest in whimsy and YA fiction I would highly recommend Shepherd King Duology by Rachel Gillig. I flew through these books they were so engaging and had a really interesting magic system and a plot that doesn’t follow the standard “chosen one” you see in a lot of fantasy.
Jan 19, 2025
