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If you're into rare fantasy books, I recommend A Voyage to Arcturus, by David Lindsay. It's a mix of epic travel with philosophy and speculation, plus the small bit of sci-fi so typical in early 20th century fiction books. Very Nietzschesque, sometimes reminiscent of Gustav Meyrink's The Green Face due to certain themes, but more misanthropic and tending-towards-depression (but not suicide-inducing, don't worry) than the novel of the Austrian author.
Dry style, even laughably crude, with more interest in the ideas exposed than in developing the characters' psychology and the world-building, which is admirable. A rara avis of a book. in thread: Anthologica Book Club
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Izambri Left of the middle last seen: 2 months ago posts: 969 Duke send message find forum posts
Wandering rhapsode that appears intermittently at random places. 100% hairless tongue. Cosmos formatter for literary purposes.
~Forging tongues and worlds since 1992~ Interests? History, with three big loves: Minoans and the Bronze Age, medieval and Renaissance Europe, and the troubadour culture, also known as Occitano-Catalan civilization. What's more? Legends and mythology, geopolitics and geostrategy, cartography, heraldry, typography, music, painting, literature (more fantasy, sci-fi and ancient classics than realism and historical fiction) and, of course, conlangs and conworlds. |