false 1582 899694 0044403372 9780044403371 0 <![CDATA[Annotated Hobbit]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/899694.Annotated_Hobbit 0.0 0 656983 4.17 513188 15692 1582 4.14 254 42 1937 23596 0345458567 9780345458568 9 <![CDATA[Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167428371m/23596.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167428371s/23596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23596.Tales_Before_Tolkien_The_Roots_of_Modern_Fantasy 3.63 73 Many of today's top names in fantasy acknowledge J.R.R. Tolkien as the author whose work inspired them to create their own epics. But which writers influenced Tolkien? In a collection destined to become a classic, internationally recognized Tolkien expert Douglas A. Anderson, editor of The Annotated Hobbit, has gathered the fiction of the many gifted authors who sparked Tolkien's imagination. Included are Andrew Lang's romantic swashbuckler, The Story of Sigurd, which features magic rings & a ferocious dragon; an excerpt from E. A. Wyke-Smith's The Marvelous Land of Snergs, about creatures who were precursors to hobbits; & a never-before-published gem by David Lindsay, author of A Voyage to Arcturus, a novel that Tolkien praised highly both as a thriller & as a work of philosophy, religion & morality.
In stories packed with magical journeys, conflicted heroes & terrible beasts, this volume is one that no fan of fantasy should be without. These tales may inspire a new generation of creative writers.]]> 1582 4.14 254 42 2413 4.04 7479 789 3073 3.68 1586 222 3242 3.92 25861 1572 8127 3.64 456 65 9172 3.98 1082 116 13399 3.66 2808 338 18393 4.12 2561 123 29974 3.69 232 52 33546 4.02 604 56 51422 3.83 537 95 92665 3.70 274 31 116841 3.97 349 44 189937 3.70 82 13 351924 3.63 79 12 364195 3.85 152 17 454151 3.69 81 12 485215 3.60 82 10 684446 3.63 76 9 1820585 3.79 115 17 2944392 3.63 73 9 2944393 3.63 73 9 2003 1864838 0345498909 9780345498908 6 <![CDATA[Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189412416m/1864838.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189412416s/1864838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1864838.Tales_Before_Narnia_The_Roots_of_Modern_Fantasy_and_Science_Fiction 3.60 15
In many ways, Lewis’s influence has been even wider than Tolkien’s. For in addition to the Narnia series, Lewis wrote groundbreaking works of science fiction, urban fantasy, and religious allegory, and he came to be regarded as among the most important Christian writers of the twentieth century. It will come as no surprise, then, that such a wide-ranging talent drew inspiration from a variety of sources. Here are twenty of the tributaries that fed Lewis’s unique talent, among them:

“The Wood That Time Forgot: The Enchanted Wood,” taken from a never-before-published fantasy by Lewis’s biographer and friend, Roger Lancelyn Green, that directly inspired The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; E. Nesbit’s charming “The Aunt and Amabel,” in which a young girl enters another world by means of a wardrobe; “The Snow Queen,” by Hans Christian Andersen, featuring the abduction of a young boy by a woman as cruel as she is beautiful; and many more, including works by Charles Dickens, Kenneth Grahame, G. K. Chesterton, and George MacDonald, of whom Lewis would write, “I have never concealed the fact that I regarded him as my master.”

Full of fascinating insights into Lewis’s life and fiction, Tales Before Narnia is the kind of book that will be treasured by children and adults alike and passed down lovingly from generation to generation.]]> 1582 4.14 254 42 2008 100074 1593600569 9781593600563 1 <![CDATA[H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales: The Roots of Modern Horror]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171464279m/100074.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171464279s/100074.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100074.H_P_Lovecraft_s_Favorite_Weird_Tales_The_Roots_of_Modern_Horror 3.85 13 stories, including some well-known classics, alongside of a number of excellent rare tales by forgotten authors. Many of these stories are classics, inspiring several generations since of the world's best horror authors. Contributors include Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Robert W. Chambers, M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, M. P. Shiel, A. Merritt, Walter de la Mare, Paul Suter, M. L. Humphreys, H.F. Arnold, Everil Worrell, Arthur J. Burks, and John Martin Leahy. This is the anthology of favorite weird tales that Lovecraft himself hoped to compile!

"To understand why Lovecraft regarded these stories as the touchstone for greatness in the literature of supernatural horror is to understand the significance of the genre itself. The classic works included in this collection, along with Lovecraft's own best tales, both justify and represent the essence of this form of human expression." – Thomas Ligotti

]]> 1582 4.14 254 42 2005 1980566 1882968042 9781882968046 0 <![CDATA[The Marvellous Land of Snergs]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191272002m/1980566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191272002s/1980566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1980566.The_Marvellous_Land_of_Snergs 4.00 2 The Hobbit — and it's a must for any Rings fan. 51 black-and-white illustrations.
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Firsthand impressions ranging from those of the lexicographer of the Oxford English Dictionary to those of friends such as Robert Murray, Norman Power, Donald Swann, the science fiction writer, L. Sprague de Camp, and Tolkien's eldest son, Michael, the reminiscences are lively and loving testimonials.
Most of the essays here were written by people who knew Tolkien and explore other aspects of his life: Christopher Tolkien on the making of The Silmarillion, Priscilla Tolkien on his art, Rayner Unwin on publishing Tolkien, and more.]]> 1582 4.14 254 42 2007 2834598 1593600488 9781593600488 0 <![CDATA[Seekers of Dreams: Masterpieces of Fantasy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2834598.Seekers_of_Dreams_Masterpieces_of_Fantasy 4.00 1

]]> 1582 4.14 254 42 2005 602650 1593600402 9781593600402 0 <![CDATA[The 100 Best Writers of Fantasy & Horror]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176188175m/602650.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176188175s/602650.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/602650.The_100_Best_Writers_of_Fantasy_Horror 0.0 0 1582 4.14 254 42 2006 4216975 0394328914 9780394328911 0 <![CDATA[Contemporary News Reporting]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4216975.Contemporary_News_Reporting 0.0 0 1582 4.14 254 42 1984 4771969 0830412883 9780830412884 0 <![CDATA[Contemporary Sports Reporting]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4771969.Contemporary_Sports_Reporting 0.0 0 1582 4.14 254 42 1993 1723993 0517588595 9780517588598 0 <![CDATA[First And Ten]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1723993.First_And_Ten 0.0 0 1582 4.14 254 42 1993 1186827 0070328765 9780070328761 0 <![CDATA[Workbook for News Writing and Reporting for Today's Media]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1186827.Workbook_for_News_Writing_and_Reporting_for_Today_s_Media 0.0 0 76927 4.00 2 1 1582 4.14 254 42 1996 4064961 0070328749 9780070328747 0 <![CDATA[News Writing and Reporting for Today's Media (Mcgraw-Hill Series in Mass Communication)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4064961.News_Writing_and_Reporting_for_Today_s_Media 0.0 0 News Writing and Reporting takes students on the beat, into the press box, council chambers, courthouse, and to a speech and press conference. It introduces them to current issues such as cultural sensitivity and legal and ethical considerations, and to reporters and editors who offer their down-to-earth advice. Whenever possible, professional journalists covering actual stories are used as instructional models. Students are exposed to the work of professionals while gathering the tools to follow in their footsteps.]]> 76927 4.00 2 1 1582 4.14 254 42 1991