The 10 Greatest Fantasy Series Of All Time Fantasy as a genre is often unfairly maligned. While there are plenty of authors who seem to be paid by the word and are only concerned with churning out volume, there are many authors producing fantastic works that transcend genre and often are even worthy of the word literature. While there were many worthy contenders, here are what we consider to be the 10 greatest fantasy series of all time. 10. I could probably write several pages on what's wrong with The Wheel of Time (Jordan never could write female characters, the quality fell off a cliff after book four, the series should have ended many, many books ago, etc., etc.), but the positives of the series greatly outweigh the negatives. 9. The Dark Tower actually shares some similarities with The Wheel of Time. That being said, like The Wheel of Time, the pluses outweigh the minuses in the case of The Dark Tower series. 8. Zombies! 7. 6. Ursula LeGuin is one of the more literary writers you will find writing fantasy. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
30 Very Funny Books--Seriously By Gina Barreca, Ph.D. It's a dreary day, so I thought I'd indulge myself and come up with a list of my favorite comedies. A caveat, however: this is not a fancy English-professor-y list of the finest, most exquisitely crafted, most erudite or intellectually sophisticated works on paper in the language. This is a list of the books that make me laugh until my mascara starts to run. These are books to read over your first cup of coffee or just before you go to sleep . Remember: a day you've laughed is day you haven't wasted--even if you didn't get out of bed. Some days you need a jump-start to get to the funny parts of life. You've probably heard of most of these titles, and maybe you've already read several of them. You ready? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. And of course this is just the beginning.
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Jeux de lettres Mots-mêlés isoptère (nom masculin) Insectes dont les ailes sont identiques. L'humanité n'a dans l'ensemble aucun but. (Nietzsche) You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live. (G.B. Shaw) Top 25 Best Fantasy Books The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow... I can truthfully say that Jordan is the King of Fantasy, if not in complexity, then in page count. Robert Jordan harkens back to the old school days where village boys and dark lords chase each other endlessly across a landscape. Jordan takes the classic fantasy trappings laid out by Tolkien, and weaves together a massively complex tapestry of politics, kingdoms, and magic. Yes, this book is still on the Top 25 list, despite the vehement protests left by people attacking or defending Jordan in the comment section for this book (some of the comments are quite humorous). If you are a fan of audiobooks (I am, I prefer audiobooks over reading!)
Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia Interview: Anne Fadiman, author of Ex Libris, talks about her latest 'confessions', words like 'whiffling', and perfect literary dinner guests | Books | The Observer If, in the early New Year, you should happen to see an elfin, almost girlish-looking, middle-aged mother of two buying liquid nitrogen at a medical supplies shop in western Massachusetts, don't panic. It's only Anne Fadiman, essayist and literature professor, indulging her passion for home-made ice-cream. (We'll come to that in a minute.) To those who have read her work, Anne Fadiman is the object of cultish devotion. Since then Anne Fadiman has continued to follow her literary nose. Ms Fadiman has come to London for the launch of her next volume of essays, At Large and At Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist (Penguin pounds 12.99), declaring that her interests are 'presbyopic' (at large), while her focus remains 'myopic' (at small). Such statements are of a piece with her heritage. She also celebrates the bookishness of books. So Anne Fadiman is happiest to be an editor/teacher, the unobtrusive observer, and perhaps a part-time muse.
Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration for the 21st Century Home Steal Like An Artist, a book by Austin Kleon Download the cover, author photo, and flip through the book in the blogger kit. About the book ISBN: 9780761169253 | Foreign Translations | Ordering FAQ When I was asked to talk to students at a community college in upstate New York, I sat down and wrote a talk based on a list of 10 things I wished I’d heard when I was starting out: Steal like an artist.Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started.Write the book you want to read.Use your hands.Side projects and hobbies are important.The secret: do good work and share it with people.Geography is no longer our master.Be nice. The text and slides from the talk “rocked the creative world” (GalleyCat) and went viral. The book now has hundreds of thousands of copies in print and has been translated into over a dozen languages. Praise for the book Amazon.com Top Best-Selling Book of 2012 Brain Pickings Best Art Books of 2012 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards Nonfiction “Brilliant and real and true.” “Beautiful.” “Alarmingly cute.” “Amazing.”