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Miserere: An Autumn Tale - a young girl from modern day world goes into another world where she has powers. It's not a YA book.
Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "Miserere: An Autumn Tale - a young girl from modern day world goes into another world where she has powers. It's not a YA book."Doesn't have to be YA. Thank you.
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Victory on Janus is actually Sci-fi, the MC starts as human and is transformed into a member of another species. 2 book series.
Storm Over Warlock again a sci-fi, but in this one the MC doesn't transform, he just discovers that he has abilities that he never knew about, and receives some training from the natives of the planet. 2 book series.
When the Changewinds Blow this one has 2 women who are friends pulled into another world. One of them develops special powers.
Charmed Life YA has a girl pulled from "our" world into another one, where she makes friends with a boy called Cat.
The Soprano Sorceress Professional singer travels to a world where music is magic.The Mirror of Her Dreams woman goes through a mirror and discovers she has magical abilities in the world on the other side
In the Rift Wiccan in our world who travels accidentally to another world where her spells work in a big way, though she's unable to "see" magic the way that locals do.
Her Majesty's Wizard guy ends up in world where rhymes have power.
Aerulan wrote: "The Soprano Sorceress Professional singer travels to a world where music is magic.The Mirror of Her Dreams woman goes through a mirror and discovers she has magical ab..."
Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Witch World the MC (male) goes to another world by sitting on the Siege Perilous, the stone that Merlin used to send some of King Arthur's knights to other worlds. There he finds that..."
Thanks guys, these books sound good.
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The Doomfarers of Coramonde is one that I'm not totally sure fits your request. But the world was interesting, so I thought I'd suggest it. At least 2 books, not sure if there are more or not.
The Cross-Time Engineer again, not sure if this fits the bill or not, since I think it's more time-travel (I haven't read it myself, it's on my husband's shelf) but thought I'd throw the series out there for you.
The Dragon and the George has a man who is transported from our world to another one where he finds himself in the body of a dragon. This is the first book in a series, again.
The Complete Compleat Enchanter again, has a man (in later books he travels with several friends) who winds up traveling around to various locales from mythology and fantasy. This has most of the stories of the series in it, but don't be fooled by the title. I believe that there was one more story written after this one came out.
Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Wizard's Bane is book 1 in an interesting world. In our world the MC is your basic computer geek/hacker. He gets pulled into an alternate world where his computer skills turn him into..."Thank you for the recommendations, I'll check them out.
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And, for a totally different take on things, Witch and Wombat has computer gamers from our world transported to a fantasy world, although they are not aware of it. They think they are in some kind of virtual reality game. This one was a hoot, so thought I'd throw it out there for you. Oh, might be a bit difficult to find (Interlibrary Loan is always your friend for those hard to find books) as it's the only book that this author wrote.
Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Quag Keep has a group of gamers who find themselves transported to the world they've been playing in.And, for a totally different take on things, Witch and Wombat has..."
Thank you, Ann aka Iftcan. You have been giving me a lot of good recommendations.
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Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "I read occasionally Cara. (Ignore the bookcases that are filled to overflowing and the Nook and Kindle, both with multiple thousand books on them, I just do it occasionally--really.) :o)"I never doubted that you read Ann. You've made many wonderful recommendations on my and others threads. ;)
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Spinning Silver by Naomi NovikPamela Dean’s The Secret Country series has elements of this as well.
Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series plays with this idea, starting with Every Heart a Doorway
Doc Sidhe by Aaron Allston is about a failed kickboxer who is accidentally kidnapped to an alternate, magical Earth inhabited by fae/elves and in its version of the 1930s. He doesn't actually get any powers, but he does find that being an expert at a martial art no one has ever heard of or encountered gives him an edge in the many fights he gets into while helping the titular sorcerer Doc Sidhe save the world. Great alternate world adventure yarn, even if it doesn't quite fit your request.Downfall And Rise by Nathan Thompson is a newer litrpg-ish story about a teenager who is crippled on Earth but can transport himself to another world where his body is whole and can be augmented to superhuman levels to help him go on quests and defend the helpless and all that fun stuff. As his body in the other world gets more powerful, his body on Earth also becomes stronger and closer to normal. Then he finds out that's not the only connection between the two worlds, and things get real.
Peter wrote: "Doc Sidhe by Aaron Allston is about a failed kickboxer who is accidentally kidnapped to an alternate, magical Earth inhabited by fae/elves and in its version of the 1930s. He doesn't ..."Nora wrote: "Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Pamela Dean’s The Secret Country series has elements of this as well.
Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series plays with this idea, st..."
These sound great. Thx guys.
Cara's Craftsations wrote: "MC goes to another world (intentionally or accidently) and discovers that they have powers in that world.
The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley (Fantasyland #2)
Amy*skye.rhyme wrote: "Cara's Craftsations wrote: "MC goes to another world (intentionally or accidently) and discovers that they have powers in that world. [book:The Golden Dyna..."Thank you.
A different human goes to Mars and is likewise stronger there than on Earth in Edgar Rice Burroughs' book The Master Mind of Mars.The Master Mind of Mars
Also, in a way, in a short story in the collection Retief of the CDT by Keith Laumer, a human learns that aliens believe he has super powers based on his normal Earth abilities which they are unfamiliar with. Retief of the CDT
The Saga of Pliocene Exile by Julian May, starting with the first novel, The Many-Colored Land. The Many-Colored Land
In The Sleeping Dragon a group of gamers are transported to the world they play in and become their characters.
...cats? wrote: "Ready Player One by Ernest ClineDie by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie"
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EdgewoodA Dance with the Fae Prince
Into the Land of the Unicorns
The Road to Balinor
The Awakening
The Iron King
The Book Jumper
Inkheart
Christine L. wrote: "EdgewoodA Dance with the Fae Prince
Into the Land of the Unicorns
The Road to Balinor
The Awakening
[book:The Iron ..."
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The Divide by Elizabeth Kay kind of plays with this. The MC goes to another world and while he doesn't have any magical powers, the residents of the other world think that his use of science is a special power.
Gillian wrote: "The Divide by Elizabeth Kay kind of plays with this. The MC goes to another world and while he doesn't have any magical powers, the residents of the other world think that his use of ..."Thank you.
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