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mattrose  ·  3893 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is The Great Fantasy Novel? (A hubski poll?)

LOTR has to be up there, Susan Cooper's "the Grey King" is a good one, Charles De Lint's "Moonheart" is a little dated, but pretty awesome.

It is now a day later and I'm kicking myself for not mentioning "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman, and "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman. In fact, if I had to choose it would probably be "The Golden Compass