From the Bookshelf of Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
By deleted member · 46 posts · 150 views
By deleted member · 46 posts · 150 views
last updated Mar 28, 2025 02:28PM
showing 10 of 23 topics
view all »
Other topics mentioning this book
*
Locus Magazine Best SF&F of the Century
By deleted member · 25 posts · 645 views
By deleted member · 25 posts · 645 views
last updated Jan 10, 2018 02:00PM
*
NPR Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels
By deleted member · 161 posts · 3960 views
By deleted member · 161 posts · 3960 views
last updated Mar 08, 2025 09:03AM

By Connor · 959 posts · 709 views
last updated Jun 30, 2013 10:13AM
Recommended Smart Action/Sci-Fi Novels
By Ryan · 18 posts · 119 views
By Ryan · 18 posts · 119 views
last updated Nov 14, 2013 08:28PM
Psychology Project: Please save me from 50 Shades of Gray
By Chris · 19 posts · 56 views
By Chris · 19 posts · 56 views
last updated Nov 10, 2013 07:24PM

By deleted member · 975 posts · 909 views
last updated Jan 10, 2015 06:21PM
Which author do you feel is the best worldbuilder?
By skribe · 102 posts · 274 views
By skribe · 102 posts · 274 views
last updated Sep 10, 2014 02:55PM
How Do You like Your Exposition?
By deleted member · 86 posts · 104 views
By deleted member · 86 posts · 104 views
last updated Oct 06, 2014 06:39PM
Which alien species do you find fascinating?
By Emily · 27 posts · 56 views
By Emily · 27 posts · 56 views
last updated Oct 03, 2014 10:26AM
What Members Thought

I love the idea of this book, but I could of a world when the beings were gender less and raceless, plus I don't care much for LeGuin's politics.
...more

I'm trying to remember when it was that I finally picked this up and decided it was boring and I didn't want to bother with it. Reading it this time around, I'm wishing for a time machine to go back to that me and give myself a knock in the head for stupidity.
have a bunch of pages marked off and hopefully will come back and write a real review, but still firmly in awe of what she did in this book. ...more
have a bunch of pages marked off and hopefully will come back and write a real review, but still firmly in awe of what she did in this book. ...more

The title of the book is taken from a poem written by the author:
"Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light...." ...more
"Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light...." ...more

Jul 24, 2011
Griffin
marked it as to-read
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
on-my-physical-to-read-shelf

Jan 05, 2012
Emily
marked it as to-read

Jan 06, 2012
Anmiryam
marked it as to-read

Apr 12, 2013
Archaic
marked it as to-read

Dec 28, 2015
Dennis
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
sci-fi,
nebula-and-hugo-winners

Jan 30, 2018
Alison Leigh
marked it as to-read