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The Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs
Is The Face in the Frost the Great Fantasy Novel? Our fourth nomination for “The Great Fantasy Novel” comes from Laura Resnik, author of the urban fantasy series Esther Diamond. . The Face in the Frost...
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The Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe
Is The Hum and the Shiver the Great Fantasy Novel? In my search for The Great Fantasy Novel, I had to ask myself a lot of questions. First, what authors were writing at a technical level that I thought...
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The Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Is The Hobbit the Great Fantasy Novel? J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, first published in 1937, celebrated its 75th birthday (if you will), in September of 2012—a clear testament...
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The Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Leguin
Our next nomination comes from The John Campbell Award for Best New Writer Nominee Max Gladstone (2013), author of Three Parts Dead. . Is A Wizard of Earthsea the Great Fantasy Novel? The definite...
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The Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray...
Our next nomination comes from Stina Leicht, author of Of Blood and Honey and its sequel, And Blue Skies from Pain. She is also a nominee for the 2012 and 2013 John Campbell Award. . “Far away, in the...
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The Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
The next nomination comes from Jared Shurin, one of the editors of the amazing genre blog Pornokitsch. . “I have no prejudices against taking art seriously, and don’t forget that I started this...
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Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
The penultimate nomination in our search for The Great Fantasy Novel comes from Paul Weimer, an avid blogger and podcaster. . Is The Shadow of the Torturer the Great Fantasy Novel? It’s a simple...
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The Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Our next nomination for The Great Fantasy Novel comes from Teresa Frohock, author of Miserere: An Autumn Tale. . Is The Mists of Avalon the Great Fantasy Novel? I don’t know how to tell you about this...
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The Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Is The Name of the Wind the Great Fantasy Novel? Just one book? I get to pick only one? I know, I’m not allowed to cheat. If I were, I’d nominate the Malazan Book of the Fallen, so you could read ten...
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The Hobbit is The Great Fantasy Novel!
After nearly two months of nominations, The Ranting Dragon’s search for The Great Fantasy Novel is almost at an end. All that remains is to decide which of the nominations deserves to win the title of...
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