 | Shadow and Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Buy new: £5.43 / Used from: £3.75 First Half of a fantastic series that falls between fantasy and sci-fi. Dark characters and vivid imaginings, but excellent prose and dialogue.
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 | The Player of Games (The Culture) by Iain M. Banks
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.92 The second culture Novel from the King of Literary Sci-Fi. I think this is his best, but they are all flawless in concept and execution. I have reread all his books again and again. Magnificent.
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 | The Scar by China Mieville
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.05 The 2nd New Crobuzon novel, and even better than the 1st. These books are breathtakingly imaginative. My new fave author.
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 | Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden: Suldrun's Garden Bk.1 (Fantasy Masterworks) by Jack Vance
Buy used from: £6.07 1st of 3. Vance excels at detailed alternative worlds, both Magical and Sci-Fi. This is as good as any.
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 | The Anvil of Ice (Winter of the World, Vol 1) by Scott Michael Rohan
Buy used from: £0.33 Start of another brilliantly wrought fantasy series, dark chracters, deep plot, magical.
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 | The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £11.50 / Used from: £9.97 It's the original orcs and elves masterpiece - It all started here. Read and reread. Tolkein is the Daddy.
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 | Neuromancer by William Gibson
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £2.22 No-one does cyberpunk better, this reads as well as any mainstream fiction, all his stuff is awesome.
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 | His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass": His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £8.50 Like LoTR this is literary fiction that children can read, but with philosophical adult subtext.
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 | Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard
Buy new: £2.95 / Used from: £0.01 Vintage Ballard. Near future dystopian stuff, not genre sci-fi, but still fantastic.
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 | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Buy new: £1.50 / Used from: £0.01 Magic and Magicians in the 19th century. Stirring stuff, deftly handled.
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 | Elric Of Melnibone (The Tale of the Eternal Champion) by Michael Moorcock
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.10 A good a place to start on the many worlds of Michael Moorcock. He pushed the boundaries more than most.
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 | The Earthsea Quartet (Roc) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Buy new: £11.89 / Used from: £0.80 Apparently this is kids fiction. Read it and leave Harry Potter on the shelf. She's the Mummy.
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 | The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Collins Voyager) by Alan Garner
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £1.90 Half of a pair with Moonstone of Gomrath. Based on Celtic Myths, for adults or children.
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