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Fantasy List I

	Le Morte d'Arthur: v. 1 (English Library) by Thomas Malory Buy new: £6.86 / Used from: £0.01 Forget the silly movie & go with this classic two-volume set of key myths...
	Harry Potter Adult Edition Box Set: Four Volumes in Paperback by J.K. Rowling Buy used from: £43.43 I'm currently within The Goblet of Fire & think J.K. Rowling, apart from doing more for child literacy than any politician has since the dawn of time, has created a wonderful new realm of fantasy...
	Rubicon Beach by Steve Erickson Buy new: £7.00 / Used from: £1.20 Make sense read alongside 'Leap Year' - then best go directly to 'The Sea Came in at Midnight'...
	Donnie Darko - Director's Cut (Two Disc Set) [DVD] [2002] Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.99 Taps into familiar SF & fantasy motifs (time travel, Vonnegut, Philip K Dick etc), but still the most interesting American film since Buckaroo Banzai....
	The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Penguin Psychology) by Bruno Bettelheim Buy new: £7.12 / Used from: £5.00 This and Campbell's Hero with a 1000 Faces were the books that Lucas studied before making:
	Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI) [DVD] [1977] Buy used from: £13.99 Was raised on these- Return of the Jedi is quite poor however! Still, worse was to come: The Phantom Menace & Attack of the Clones!!!!!
	Summerland by Michael Chabon Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.01 Chabon is one of my fave American writers, his other books (The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Werewolves in their Youth, Wonder Boys & The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay) are great too...
	The Invisibles: Say you Want a Revolution: You Say You Want a Revolution by Grant Morrison Buy new: £10.96 / Used from: £7.98 Forget The Matrix before it was even made!!!!
	The Drowned World (S.F. Masterworks) by J.G. Ballard Buy used from: £24.99 Ballard's earlier works were more enviromental meets the fantastic (with a hint of Conrad), e..g this, The Drought, The Crystal World & disowned debut The Wind from Nowhere....
	Monkey (Penguin Classics) by Wu Ch'eng-en Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £4.00 The classic tales the amusing TV series was based on & yes, the latest Penguin edition has a Monkey-TV cover on it!!!!
	Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon [DVD] [2001] Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.04 Crouching Tiger...taps into that mystical kung-fu thang established with classic Touch of Zen- though it looks like Yimou's Hero blows this out of the water....
	The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £3.39 Poets, Pilate, gun-toting cats, the devil, madness, Christ...has to be one of my favourite books of all time....
	Dune by Frank Herbert Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 I only got up to the fourth book, then tuned out- but remember enjoying this at the time. Probably a book you should read when you don't have access to girls?
	What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson Buy new: £6.69 / Used from: £4.12 Matheson has written some great books- The Shrinking Man, Stir of Echoes, I am Legend- this is great, though the Robin Williams film would not give you that impression.
	The Lord of the Rings: AND The Hobbit (Collins Modern Classics) by J.R.R. Tolkien Buy used from: £19.50 You can't escape these- the third film was really boring, I must say...
	Books of Blood Omnibus: v. 1 by Clive Barker Buy new: £7.67 / Used from: £0.69 Barker would veer off towards fantasy with great books like Weaveworld- I think these are more horror-fantasy & brightened up my 80s...
	Dark Crystal [DVD] [1982] Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.77 This & Labyrinth have a definite charm- Willow sucked though...
	The Stand (The Complete and Uncut Edition) by Stephen King Buy used from: £0.37 One of King's most satisfying works and one that lead towards the Eyes of the Dragon & the celebrated Dark Tower series...
	The Wizard Of Oz [1939] [DVD] Buy used from: £23.97 Come on, how many times has David Lynch nodded to this chestnut? Er: Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart & The Straight Story. So that's three times...
	Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories by Angela Carter Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £3.74 Contains The Company of Wolves...
	Stone Junction by Jim Dodge Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.01 Jim Dodge's cult classic veers off towards alchemy & other magic related concerns. Strange & probably the best book of it's kind since Gravity's Rainbow...
	The Indiana Jones Trilogy (4 DVD Box Set) by George Lucas Buy used from: £12.14 The first is a classic, the 2nd is kiddy-drivel, & the 3rd nicely ties it up. Denholm Elliot is the glue to it all...
	Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 It's always the end of the world
	Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Classics) by Jonathan Swift Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.20 Swift uses fantasy as satire - one of the undeniably great works of literature- though Irish rather than English!
	Collected Fictions (Penguin Modern Classics Translated Texts) by Jorge Luis Borges Buy used from: £45.29 This handy volume should be reissued!!!!!