The plot is lively; Maria, the protagonist; is charming; and the style sparkles. . Set in the fictional county of Yoknapatawpha, Mississippi, as are most of Faulkner’s novels, The Sound and the Fury uses the American South as a metaphor for a civilization in decline. The model for Edgar Degas' Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is brought vividly to life. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks : *insert emoji for “OH GOD MY EYES” here* The Incarnations by Susan Barker : The many variations of lives of two people in Beijing. Change ). Lynn . This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Karasik, ‘The Impact Book of the Soviet Youngsters’ (p. 240-243) Enter your email address and click follow to receive my latest thoughts on fantasy by email (your address will only be used to notify you of new posts and you can unsubscribe at any time – no spam here!). That’s a shame you found it disappointing, but I can see why – it’d be hard to beat the iconic songs, dances and performance of the musical version! Yes many of them really don’t feel that old – crazy to think it’s been 80-90 years. Category:1920s fantasy novels. It was T.H. That’s a good sign it was so absorbing it made you late – I remember the same happening to me at school with other books. Pingback: The Genesis of Modern Fantasy? Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I’ve never read Titus Groan but am very keen to! Definitely approach The Sword in the Stone with caution, Merlin I remember as being extremely engaging and probably is the funniest version of him I’ve ever encountered. And, indeed, both C.S. Yes I’ve also read very few of these – so have some serious reading to do!! Haven’t read many of them. Maybe next year at Halloween! No Business. We actually had a scheduled 20min reading session every day, which was great, but the time was never enough and I often had to be told to put the book away, or was herded out of the room still reading it . The monster’s parent company, Toho, released the last Godzilla movie in 2004, called Godzilla: Final Wars. If it’s any help, the Enid Blyton Society website has this page (that I got the cover image from) that lists all the editions and shows their covers. Key West is full of adventure, cousins, and family secrets that Turtle is quick to uncover. I’ve only read one Lovecraft story and I don’t remember much about it – so I think I’ll have to read more to get a better sense of his work. This period was also important for comic fantasy and sword and sorcery / heroic fantasy. Wallace committed suicide in 2008, at the age of 46, leaving an incomplete novel behind. 1930 fantasy novels‎ (2 P) 1931 fantasy novels‎ (7 P) 1932 fantasy novels‎ (3 P) 1933 fantasy novels‎ (5 P) 1934 fantasy novels‎ (4 P) 1935 fantasy novels‎ (8 P) 1936 fantasy novels‎ (4 P) 1937 fantasy novels‎ (7 P) Multiple award winner about two 19th century hired guns traveling from Oregon to California. White’s Sword in the Stone over lunch in my school’s canteen and being so carried away by the story that I was constantly late for whatever class was straight after lunch…. I think it’s something about how matter-of-fact the magic often is shown to be, there’s very little flashes and whiz-bangs, and I really enjoyed that about them when I was younger. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. T. H. White’s The Once and Future King affectionately mocked elements of the King Arthur legend, and included anachronistic humour and social commentary. Below I’ve listed what I believe to be the 8 most popular or significant fantasy novels published between 1900 and 1930. I’ve been adding quite a few of these to my to-read list too. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Chilling Tales for Dark Nights produces all-original horror audio content. I’ve always loved the musical, right from when I was little. Popular 1930s and 40s Fantasy Novels Cover of The Hobbit (based on 1937 first edition dust jacket). White who got me reading fantasy as a freshman in high school, long, long ago. You can’t compare the books to anything else, I found – they have the distinction of being quite unique. Thanks! I’m now reading (well, rereading) Enid Blyton’s “The Enchanted Wood.” I didn’t know I’d read it before and didn’t realize that it was the childhood book I’ve been searching for for years. I just knew I read the stories as a kid and there were illustrations and a garden and pixies and fairies. The Vaults by Toby Ball: Intrigue surrounding an archive, set in the dystopian 1930s. The Hobbit is a favorite of mine. Haha that sounds very familiar – well, at least books are good things to be distracted by, so our parents and teachers can’t have been too annoyed The Luminist Archives a.k.a. I never realized that how influential that time period was for fantasy! I’ll have to check some of these books out , Thanks! Forget Mark Zuckerberg. favorites, and fantasy, tagged: Oh, it’s such a great feeling and the more I read the book, the more some of my early memories of it come back. The magazine Unknown Worlds (founded in 1939) featured sword and sorcery tales with a comedic element, publishing the stories of writers like L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt and Fritz Leiber. I’ve got three granddaughters who love this book as much as I do. Yes I feel the same – I always try to read books before seeing movie adaptations (if they’re books I’m interested in reading), because I know I’ll find it harder to read them after. Good luck finding the exact edition! It’s possible that you may have read. I’ve also not read many of these, which is shameful but true xD I read The Little Prince recently and honestly did not love it. I was gifted a copy of The Sword in the Stone for Christmas so I’m looking forward to finally reading it! Actually it sticks in my mind because when I did a post on fantasy awards a while back I was reading about the Mythopoeic Awards, and learned that they specifically award books that “best exemplify the spirit of the Inklings” and also give scholarships in “Inklings Studies” which I found really interesting, and which drew my attention to it. And I love that they called themselves ‘Inklings’ too. Infinite Jest was even named one of the best 100 novels from 1923 through present day by Time Magazine. Along with The Grapes of Wrath and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, this is a great American Depression-era novel. Too often I think they get overlooked as fantasy books because of that, and because they are children’s books too. I’ll look forward to your Halloween reads then! Similiar to our list of 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime, this list of 50 non-fiction books contains recommendations you might actually read (if you haven't already).This curated list covers the gamut of non-fiction, from compelling war stories to key feminist texts, to unbelievable struggles for survival, to tales of life in the culinary trade. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long. The Edge of Running Water tells the story of a scientist, Julian Blair, bereft after the death of his wife, who invents a device to communicate with the dead. Been searching for this book for years and am SO glad I found it. This is more an observation than a fact, but from looking at the above images, it would seem the scantily-clad-damsel cover trend has its roots in the magazine illustrations of this era. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. Fantasy stories prevailed among works of Ian Larri (1900-1977), biologist and author of children’s books since the 1920s. | W.L. ( Log Out /  I never realised that Titus Groan was published so far back!! Thank you! At least, not the real Godzilla—CGI creations may be beautiful, but they’ll never be a guy stumbling around in a clumsy rubber suit. Although you probably couldn’t tell by looking at a film release calendar, Godzilla hasn’t made a movie appearance in over a decade. White was a very learned man, arguably most at home with the 18th century, and Mistress Masham’s Repose is set on a Blenheim-like estate, where descendants of Lemuel Gulliver’s Lilliputians are still living on an disused island (the Repose) set in an ornamental lake. 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