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He also goes on a raft down Tom Sawyer's river where he fishes with the Complete Angler, and he has adventures with someone a great deal like Tom Jones. He drinks with Beowulf, sings songs with Little John and Robin Hood, assists Tam Lin's young bride to win her man back from the Fair Folk and is enthralled for awhile himself. Silverlock tells the story of a disillusioned young man who washes ashore on the Commonwealth of Letters - a place where all the great figures of literature and legend are alive and thriving.

#Silverlock john myers myers etext full

He has also provided the full text of several public domain works cited, with HTML tags so that you can go straight to the reference.Īnitra's Welcome to the Commonwealth Yes, that's mine. Silverlock Annotations Samuel Seung-Jo Paik has an excellent and extensive study of Silverlock, with detailed bibliography. When I started this page, I moaned that Silverlock had no web page. It is also a favorite of many fantasy & sf writers, as well as fans. If the criteria for 'favorite fantasy novel' is 're-read the most times', this has to be my favorite.

#Silverlock john myers myers etext movie

Yes, this was a novel: so many people have known and loved it as a movie that it was difficult to find a review of the book itself, but I got it. He edited a short story anthology, The Immortal Unicorn and has also written two nonfiction books, I See by My Outfit and In the Presence of Elephants. Slightly lesser, perhaps, but still enjoyable:Īnd a short story collection, The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Neitzshe. The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle is one of the defining novels of what fantasy is. Links open in a separate window, so that you won't get lost and can work through the entire list, if you wish.

A someone else I recommend - The Library of Palanthas is an excellent review of fantasy books in the life of a writer. This does not mean that I do not recognize these as great fantasy, only that if you do not already know about them - well, someone else is bound to tell you. Some of you may notice a remarkable absence of The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, or anything else by J.R.R. Music from the Nutcracker Suite Other fantasy books recommended by Anitra Freeman and friends: First, a note about what is not listed here. Thalia's Fantasy Book Recommendations Fantasy Books