Books I'd Like to Own: Fantasy

Storytime Storage: Fantasy Bookshelf

Fantasy Literature:

Authors:

1. G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
2. Roald Dahl (1916-90)
3. Peter Dickinson (1927-2015)
4. Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)
5. Neil Gaiman (1960- )
6. Alan Garner (1934- )
7. Edward Gorey (1925-2000)
8. William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918)
9. Margaret Irwin (1889–1967)
10. Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)
11. George MacDonald (1824-1905)
12. William Mayne (1928-2010)
13. E. Nesbit (1858-1924)
14. Tim Powers (1952- )
15. Mary Stewart (1916-2014)
16. Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978)
17. T. H. White (1906-1964)

Storytime Storage: Gothic Revival

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Books I own are marked in bold:

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Max Beerbohm: G. K. Chesterton (c.1907)

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936)

Poetry:


1. Greybeards at Play (1900)
2. The Wild Knight and Other Poems (1900)
3. The Ballad of the White Horse (1911)
4. Poems (1913)
   • Poems. London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1923.
5. Wine, Water and Song (1915)
   • Wine, Water & Song: Poems. 1915. Illustrated by Sillince. Introduction by L. A. G. Strong. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1945.
6. The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Poems (1922)
7. The Queen of Seven Swords (1926)
8. The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton (1927)
   • The Collected Poems. 1927. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1954.
9. Gloria in Profundis (1927)
10. Ubi Ecclesia (1929)
11. Christmas Poems (1929)
12. New and Collected Poems (1929)
13. The Grave of Arthur. Ariel Poems (1930)
14. New Poems (1932)
15. The Hound of Heaven and Other Poems (1978)
16. Collected Nonsense and Light Verse (1987)
    • Collected Nonsense and Light Verse. Ed. Marie Smith. 1987. Methuen Humour Classics. London: Methuen, 1988.
17. Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton: Collected Poetry: Part 1 (1994)
    • Collected Poetry, Part I. Ed. Aidan Mackey. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 10 (i). San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1994.
18. G. K. Chesterton's Early Poetry: Greybeards at Play, The White Knight and Other Poems, The Ballad of the White Horse (2004)
19. Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton: Collected Poetry: Part 2 (2008)
    • Collected Poetry, Part II. Ed. Denis J. Conlon. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 10 (ii). San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2008.
20. Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton: Collected Poetry: Part 3 (2010)
    • Collected Poetry, Part III. Ed. Denis J. Conlon. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 10 (iii). San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010.

Plays:


21. Magic (1913)
    • Magic: A Fantastic Comedy. 1913. The New Adephi Library. London: martin Secker (Ltd.), 1928.
22. Trial of John Jasper, Lay Precentor of Cloisterham Cathedral in the County of Kent, for the Murder of Edwin Drood (1914)
23. The Judgment of Dr. Johnson (1927)
24. The Turkey and the Turk: A Play for Mummers (1930)
25. The Surprise (1952)
26. Collected Plays and Chesterton on Shaw. Ed. Denis J. Conlon. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, vol. 11 (1989)

Fiction:


27. The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)
    • The Napoleon of Notting Hill. 1904. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1946.
28. The Club of Queer Trades (1905)
    • The Club of Queer Trades. 1905. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1946.
29. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (1908)
    • The Man Who was Thursday: A Nightmare. 1908. Penguin Modern Classics. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
    • The Annotated Thursday: G. K. Chesterton’s Masterpiece The Man Who Was Thursday. 1908. Ed. Martin Gardner. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1999.
30. The Ball and the Cross (1909)
    • The Ball and the Cross. London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., Ltd., 1910.
31. The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)
32. Manalive (1912)
    • Manalive. 1912. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1947.
33. The Flying Inn (1914)
    • The Flying Inn. 1914. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958.
34. The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914)
35. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922)
    • The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories. 1922. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1923.
36. Tales of The Long Bow (1925)
    • Tales of the Long Bow. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1925.
37. The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926)
38. The Secret of Father Brown (1927)
39. The Return of Don Quixote (1927)
    • The Return of Don Quixote. 1927. G. K. Chesterton Reprint Series, 7. London: Darwen Finlayson, 1963.
40. The Sword of Wood (1928)
    • Included in: Stories, Essays and Poems. 1935. Introduction by Maisie Ward. 1957. Everyman’s Library, 1913. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1965.
41. The Father Brown Omnibus (1929)
    • The Father Brown Stories: The Innocence of Father Brown; The Wisdom of Father Brown; The Incredulity of Father Brown; The Secret of Father Brown; The Scandal of Father Brown; "The Vampire of the Village". 1911, 1914, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1935, & 1936. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1974.
42. The Poet and the Lunatics (1929)
    • The Poet and the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale. 1929. G. K. Chesterton Reprint Series, 5. London: Darwen Finlayson, 1962.
43. Four Faultless Felons (1930)
    • Four Faultless Felons. 1930. G. K. Chesterton Reprint Series, 4. A Delta Book. Beaconsfield: Darwen Finlayson, 1964.
44. [collaborative] The Floating Admiral (1931)
45. A G. K. Chesterton Omnibus (1932)
    • A G. K. Chesterton Omnibus: The Napoleon of Notting Hill; The Man Who was Thursday; The Flying Inn. 1904, 1908, 1914, & 1932. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1958.
46. The Scandal of Father Brown (1935)
47. The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond (1937)
    • The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond. 1937. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., n.d.
48. Selected Stories. Ed. Kingsley Amis (1972)
    • Selected Stories. Ed. Kingsley Amis. London: Faber, 1972.
49. Daylight and Nightmare: Uncollected Short Fiction. Ed. Marie Smith (1986)
50. Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton: Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Mystery Stories (1993)
    • Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Mystery Stories – Illustrations. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 14. Ed. Denis J. Conlon. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993.

Non-fiction:


51. The Defendant (1901)
    • The Defendant. 1902. The Wayfarer’s Library. 1914. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1922.
52. [with J. E. Hodder Williams] Thomas Carlyle (1902)
53. [with W. Robertson Nicoll] Robert Louis Stevenson (1902)
54. Twelve Types (1902)
55. Robert Browning (1903)
    • Robert Browning. 1903. English Men of Letters. London: Macmillan & Co, Limited, 1905.
56. [with F. G. Kitton] Charles Dickens: with Numerous Illustrations (1903)
57. [with Richard Garnett] Tennyson (1903)
58. [with Lewis Melville] Thackeray (1903)
59. [with G. H. Perris & Edward Garnett] Leo Tolstoy (1903)
60. Varied Types (1903)
61. G. F. Watts (1904)
62. Heretics (1905)
63. Charles Dickens (1906)
    • Charles Dickens. 1906. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1919.
64. Orthodoxy (1908)
    • Orthodoxy. 1908. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head / New York: John Lane Company, 1915.
65. All Things Considered (1908)
66. George Bernard Shaw (1909)
    • George Bernard Shaw. 1909. Guild Books, 253. London: The British Publishers Guild Ltd. / John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1949.
67. Tremendous Trifles (1909)
    • Tremendous Trifles. 1909. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920.
68. Five Types [selected from Twelve Types] (1910)
69. William Blake (1910)
    • William Blake. The Popular Library of Art. London: Duckworth & Co. / New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [1910].
70. Alarms and Discursions (1910)
71. What's Wrong With the World (1910)
72. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens (1911)
    • Criticisms and Appreciations of Charles Dickens’ Works. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1911.
73. The Wit and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton (1911)
74. A Chesterton Calendar. Compiled from the Writings of G.K.C. (1911)
75. A Miscellany of Men (1912)
76. Simplicity and Tolstoy (1912)
77. The Victorian Age in Literature (1913)
    • The Victorian Age in Literature. Home University Library of Modern Knowledge. London: Williams & Norgate, / New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1913].
78. London (1914)
79. The Barbarism of Berlin (1914)
80. The Appetite of Tyranny (1915)
81. The Crimes of England (1915)
82. Divorce vs. Democracy (1916)
83. The Book of Job (1916)
84. A Shilling for My Thoughts (1916)
85. Temperance and The Great Alliance [pamphlet] (1916)
86. Utopia of Usurers (1917)
87. Lord Kitchener (1917)
88. A Short History of England (1917)
    • A Short History of England. 1917. Phoenix Library. London: Chatto and Windus, 1938.
89. How to Help Annexation (1918)
90. Irish Impressions (1919)
91. The Superstition of Divorce (1920)
92. The Uses of Diversity (1920)
    • The Uses of Adversity: A Book of Essays. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920.
93. The New Jerusalem (1920)
94. Eugenics and other Evils (1922)
95. What I Saw in America (1922)
96. St. Francis of Assisi (1923)
97. Fancies Versus Fads (1923)
98. The End of the Roman Road (1924)
99. The Superstitions of the Sceptic (1925)
100. The Everlasting Man (1925)
     • The Everlasting Man. 1925. People’s Library Edition. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1927.
101. William Cobbett (1925)
102. The Outline of Sanity (1926)
103. The Catholic Church and Conversion (1926)
104. Robert Louis Stevenson (1927)
105. Culture and the Coming Peril (1927)
106. Social Reform vs. Birth Control (1927)
107. Generally Speaking (1928)
108. [with George Bernard Shaw] Do We Agree? [debate] (1928)
109. The Thing: Why I am a Catholic (1929)
     • The Thing. 1929. London: Sheed & Ward, 1946.
110. G.K.C. as M.C: Collected Introductions. Ed. J. P. de Fonseka (1929)
111. Come to Think of It (1930)
112. The Resurrection of Rome (1930)
113. All is Grist (1931)
114. Chaucer (1932)
     • Chaucer. 1932. London: Faber, 1965.
115. Christendom in Dublin (1932)
116. Sidelights of New London and Newer York (1932)
117. All I Survey (1933)
118. St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox (1933)
     • St. Thomas Aquinas. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1933.
119. Avowals and Denials (1934)
120. The Well and the Shallows (1935)
121. The Way of the Cross (1935)
122. Autobiography (1936)
     • Autobiography. 1936. A Grey Arrow. London: Arrow Books, 1959.
123. As I Was Saying (1936)
124. The Man Who Was Chesterton: An Anthology (1937)
125. The Coloured Lands (1938)
126. The End of the Armistice. Ed. Frank Sheed (1940)
127. The Common Man (1950)
128. A Handful of Authors (1953)
129. The Glass Walking-Stick. Ed. Dorothy Collins (1955)
130. Lunacy and Letters. Ed. Dorothy Collins (1958)
131. Where All Roads Lead (1961)
132. The Spice of Life. Ed. Dorothy Collins (1965)
133. G. K. Chesterton. A Selection from his Non-Fictional Prose. Ed. W. H. Auden (1970)
134. Chesterton on Shakespeare. Ed. Dorothy Collins (1972)
135. The Apostle and the Wild Ducks. Ed. Dorothy Collins (1975)
136. The Spirit of Christmas. Ed. Marie Smith (1984)
137. Thirteen Detectives. Ed. Marie Smith (1989)
138. Seven Suspects. Ed. Marie Smith (1990)
139. Brave New Family. Ed. Alvaro de Silva (1990)
140. The Mask of Midas (1991)
141. "Platitudes Undone: Annotations." In Platitudes in the Making, by Holbrook Jackson (1997)
142. Prophet of Orthodoxy: The Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton. Ed. Russel Sparkes (1997)
143. Eugenics and Other Evils (2000)
144. On Lying in Bed and Other Essays (2000)
145. Criticisms and Appreciations of the works of Charles Dickens (2001)
146. The G.K. Chesterton Papers: Additional Manuscripts (2001)

Edited:


147. GK's: A Miscellany of the First 500 Issues of G. K.'s Weekly (1934)
148. GK's Weekly: A Sampler (1986)
149. Illustrated London News, 1905–1907. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 27 (1986)
150. Illustrated London News, 1908–1910. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 28 (1987)
151. Illustrated London News, 1911–1913. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 29 (1988)
152. Illustrated London News, 1914–1916. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 30 (1988)
153. Illustrated London News, 1917–1919. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 31 (1989)
154. Illustrated London News, 1920–1922. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 32 (1989)
155. Illustrated London News, 1923–1925. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 33 (1990)
156. Illustrated London News, 1926–1928. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 34 (1991)
157. Illustrated London News, 1929–1931. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 35 (1991)
158. Illustrated London News, 1932–1934. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 36 (2011)
159. Illustrated London News, 1935-1936 / Subject Index. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 37 (2012)
160. G. K. Chesterton at the Daily News: Literature, Liberalism, and Revolution. Part 1, volumes 1–4. Ed. Julia Stapleton (2011)
161. G. K. Chesterton at the Daily News: Literature, Liberalism, and Revolution. Part 2, volumes 5–8. Ed. Julia Stapleton (2012)

Collected & Selected:


162. Collected Works. 9 vols (1926)
163. Stories, Essays And Poems (1935)
     • Stories, Essays and Poems. 1935. Introduction by Maisie Ward. 1957. Everyman’s Library, 1913. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1965.
164. Essays And Poems (1958)
     • Essays and Poems. Ed. Wilfrid Sheed. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958.
165. Basic Chesterton (1984)
166. The Bodley Head G. K. Chesterton. Ed. P. J. Kavanagh (1985)
167. The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton. 37 vols (Ignatius Press, 1986-?)
     1. Orthodoxy / Heretics / Blatchford Controversies
     2. St. Francis of Assisi / The Everlasting Man / St. Thomas Aquinas
     3. The Catholic Church and Conversion / The Thing: Why I am a Catholic / The Way of the Cross / The Well and the Shallows - and Others
     4. What's Wrong with the World / Superstition of Divorce / Eugenics and Other Evils – and Others
     5. The Outline of Sanity / The End of The Armistice / The Appetite of Tyranny / Utopia of Usurers – and Others
     6. The Man Who Was Thursday / The Club of Queer Trades / The Napoleon of Notting Hill. Ed. Denis J. Conlon (1991)
     7. The Ball and the Cross / Manalive / The Flying Inn. Ed. Iain T. Benson (2004)
     8. The Return of Don Quixote / Tales of the Long Bow / The Man Who Knew Too Much. Ed. George Marlin (1999)
     9. [The Poet and the Lunatics / Four Faultless Felons / The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond] (?)
     10. Collected Poetry. 3 vols. Ed. Aidan Mackey & Denis J. Conlon (1994, 2008 & 2010)
     11. Collected Plays and Chesterton on Shaw. Ed. Denis J. Conlon (1989)
     12. Father Brown Stories, Part 1 - The Innocence of Father Brown / The Wisdom of Father Brown / The Donnington Affair. Ed. John Peterson (2005)
     13. Father Brown Stories, Part 2 - The Incredulity of Father Brown / The Secret of Father Brown / The Scandal of Father Brown / The Vampire of the Village / The Mask of Midas. Ed. John Peterson (2006)
     14. Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Mystery Stories – Illustrations. Ed. Denis J. Conlon (1993)
     15. Chesterton on Dickens. Ed. Denis J. Conlon (1993)
     16. The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton (1988)
     17. [ - ] (?)
     18. Thomas Carlyle / Leo Tolstoy / Robert Louis Stevenson / Chaucer. Ed. Denis J. Conlon (1993)
     19. [ - ] (?)
     20. Christendom in Dublin / Irish Impressions / The New Jerusalem / A Short History of England
     21. What I Saw in America / The Resurrection of Rome / Sidelights
     22. [ - ] (?)
     23. [ - ] (?)
     24. [ - ] (?)
     25. [ - ] (?)
     26. [ - ] (?)
168. Chesterton Day by Day: The Wit and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton (2002)
169. Essential Writings (2003)

Secondary:


170. Ward, Maisie. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. London: Sheed & Ward, 1944.
     • Ward, Maisie. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. 1944. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958.

Graham Greene records in his autobiography that the only autograph he collected as a boy was “when I ran, in my school cap after G. K. Chesterton, as he labored like a Lepanto galleon down Shaftsbury Avenue.” There's so much that's lovable about him, still, despite his awful lapses into anti-semitism and unconvincing Christian propaganda. See my post about him here.

G. K. Chesterton: Plays and Chesterton on Shaw (1989)

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Roald Dahl (1954)

Roald Dahl (1916-1990)

Novels:


1. The Gremlins (1943)
2. Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948)
3. James and the Giant Peach (1961)
   • James and the Giant Peach. 1961. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1995. A Puffin Book. London: Penguin, 2013.
4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
   • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Illustrated by Faith Jaques. 1964. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.
   • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 1964. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1995. A Puffin Book. London: Penguin, 2013.
5. The Magic Finger (1966)
   • The Magic Finger. 1966. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1995. A Puffin Book. London: Penguin, 2013.
6. Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)
   • Fantastic Mr Fox. Illustrated by Jill Bennett. 1970. A Young Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.
   • Fantastic Mr Fox. 1970. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1996. A Puffin Book. London: Penguin, 2013.
7. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)
   • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Illustrated by Faith Jaques. 1973. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.
   • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. 1973. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1995. A Puffin Book. London: Penguin, 2013.
8. Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
   • Danny The Champion of the World. Illustrated by Jill Bennett. 1975. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.
   • Danny The Champion of the World. 1975. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1994. A Puffin Book. London: Penguin, 1984.
9. The Enormous Crocodile (1978)
10. My Uncle Oswald (1979)
11. The Twits (1980)
    • The Twits. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1980. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2001.
12. George's Marvellous Medicine (1981)
    • George's Marvellous Medicine. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1981. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2001.
    • George's Marvellous Medicine. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1981. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2013.
13. The BFG (1982)
    • The BFG. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1982. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2013.
14. The Witches (1983)
    • The Witches. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1983. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2013.
15. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985)
    • The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1985. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2013.
16. Matilda (1988)
    • Matilda. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1988. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2013.
17. Esio Trot (1990)
    • Esio Trot. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1990. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2013.
18. The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)
19. The Minpins (1991)

Short Story Collections:


20. Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946) [OTY]
    1. An African Story
    2. Only This
    3. Katina
    4. Beware of the Dog
    5. They Shall Not Grow Old
    6. Someone Like You
    7. Death of an Old Old Man
    8. Madame Rosette
    9. A Piece of Cake
    10. Yesterday Was Beautiful
21. Someone Like You (1953) [SLY]
    1. Taste
    2. Lamb to the Slaughter
    3. Man from the South
    4. The Soldier
    5. My Lady Love, My Dove
    6. Dip in the Pool
    7. Galloping Foxley
    8. Skin
    9. Poison
    10. The Wish
    11. Neck
    12. The Sound Machine
    13. Nunc Dimittis
    14. The Great Automatic Grammatizator
    15. Claude's Dog
        1. The Ratcatcher
        2. Rummins
        3. Mr. Feasey
        4. Mr. Hoddy
22. Kiss Kiss (1960) [KK]
    1. The Landlady
    2. William and Mary
    3. The Way Up to Heaven
    4. Parson's Pleasure
    5. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
    6. Royal Jelly
    7. Georgy Porgy
    8. Genesis and Catastrophe: A True Story
    9. Edward the Conqueror
    10. Pig
    11. The Champion of the World
23. Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl ["Someone Like You", 1953 & "Kiss Kiss", 1960] (1969)
24. Switch Bitch (1974) [SB]
    1. The Visitor
    2. The Great Switcheroo
    3. The Last Act
    4. Bitch
25. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) [HS]
    1. The Boy Who Talked with Animals
    2. The Hitch-Hiker
    3. The Mildenhall Treasure
    4. The Swan
    5. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
    6. Lucky Break
    7. A Piece of Cake
26. The Best of Roald Dahl: Stories from Over to You, Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss, Switch Bitch (1978) [Best]
27. Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
28. More Tales of the Unexpected (1980) [MTU]
    1. Genesis and Catastrophe
    2. Georgy Porgy
    3. Mr. Botibol
    4. Poison
    5. The Butler
    6. The Hitch-Hiker
    7. The Sound Machine
    8. The Umbrella Man
    9. Vengeance is Mine Inc.
29. A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories (1980)
30. Two Fables (1986)
31. The Roald Dahl Omnibus (1986)
32. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989) [SM]
33. The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991)
    1. An African Story [OTY]
    2. Only This [OTY]
    3. Katina [OTY]
    4. Beware of the Dog [OTY]
    5. They Shall Not Grow Old [OTY]
    6. Someone Like You [OTY]
    7. Death of an Old Old Man [OTY]
    8. Madame Rosette [OTY]
    9. A Piece of Cake [OTY]
    10. Yesterday was Beautiful [OTY]
    11. Taste [SLY]
    12. Lamb to the Slaughter [SLY]
    13. Man From the South [SLY]
    14. The Soldier [SLY]
    15. My Lady Love, My Dove [SLY]
    16. Dip in the Pool [SLY]
    17. Galloping Foxley [SLY]
    18. Skin [SLY]
    19. Poison [SLY]
    20. The Wish [SLY]
    21. Neck [SLY]
    22. The Sound Machine [SLY]
    23. Nunc Dimittis [SLY]
    24. The Great Automatic Grammatizator [SLY]
    25. The Ratcatcher [SLY]
    26. Rummins [SLY]
    27. Mr. Feasey [SLY]
    28. Mr. Hoddy [SLY]
    29. The Landlady [KK]
    30. William and Mary [KK]
    31. The Way Up to Heaven [KK]
    32. Parson’s Pleasure [KK]
    33. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat [KK]
    34. Royal Jelly [KK]
    35. Georgy Porgy [KK]
    36. Genesis and Catastrophe [KK]
    37. Edward the Conqueror [KK]
    38. Pig [KK]
    39. The Champion of the World [KK]
    40. The Visitor [SB]
    41. The Great Switcheroo [SB]
    42. The Last Act [SB]
    43. Bitch [SB]
    44. The Hitchhiker [HS]
    45. The Butler [MTU]
    46. The Umbrella Man [MTU]
    47. Vengeance is Mine, Inc. [MTU]
    48. Mr. Botibol [MTU]
    49. The Bookseller [Best]
    50. The Surgeon [Skin]
    51. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life [SM]
    • The Collected Short Stories: An Omnibus Volume Containing: Kiss, Kiss, Over To You, Switch Bitch, Someone Like You and eight further tales of the unexpected. 1960, 1946, 1974, 1954. London: BCA, 1991.
34. The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997)
35. The great automatic grammatizator and other stories (2001)
36. Skin and Other Stories (2002) [Skin]
37. The Complete Short Stories: Volume One (1944–1953) (2013)
    1. Katina (1944)
    2. Only This (1944)
    3. Beware of the Dog (1944)
    4. An African Story (1946)
    5. Yesterday was Beautiful (1946)
    6. A Piece of Cake (1942)
    7. They Shall Not Grow Old (1945)
    8. Madame Rosette (1945)
    9. Death of an Old Old Man (1945)
    10. Someone Like You (1945)
    11. The Mildenhall Treasure (1947)
    12. Man From the South (1948)
    13. The Sound Machine (1949)
    14. Poison (1950)
    15. Taste (1951)
    16. Dip in the Pool (1952)
    17. Skin (1952)
    18. My Lady Love, My Dove (1952)
    19. Lamb to the Slaughter (1953)
    20. Nunc Dimittis (1953)
    21. Edward the Conqueror (1953)
    22. Galloping Foxley (1953)
    23. Neck (1953)
    24. The Wish (1953)
    25. The Soldier (1953)
    26. The Great Automatic Grammatizator (1953)
    27. The Ratcatcher (1953)
    28. Rummins (1953)
    29. Mr. Hoddy (1953)
    30. Mr. Feasey (1953)
38. The Complete Short Stories: Volume Two (1954–1988) (2013)
    1. The Way Up to Heaven (1954)
    2. Parson’s Pleasure (1958)
    3. The Champion of the World (1959)
    4. The Landlady (1959)
    5. Genesis and Catastrophe (1959)
    6. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat (1959)
    7. Pig (1960)
    8. Royal Jelly (1960)
    9. William and Mary (1960)
    10. Georgy Porgy (1960)
    11. The Visitor (1965)
    12. The Last Act (1966)
    13. The Great Switcheroo (1974)
    14. The Butler (1974)
    15. Bitch (1974)
    16. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1974)
    17. The Hitchhiker (1977)
    18. The Swan (1977)
    19. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (1977)
    20. The Boy Who Talked with Animals (1977)
    21. Lucky Break (1977)
    22. The Umbrella Man (1980)
    23. Vengeance is Mine, Inc. (1980)
    24. Mr. Botibol (1980)
    25. The Princess and the Poacher (1986)
    26. Princess Mammalia (1986)
    27. The Bookseller (1987)
    28. The Surgeon (1988)

Scripts:


39. The Honeys [Stage] (1955)
40. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Lamb to the Slaughter" [TV] (1958)
41. Way Out: "William and Mary" [TV] (1961)
42. [with Jack Bloom] You Only Live Twice [Film] (1967)
43. [with Ken Hughes] Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Film] (1968)
44. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory [Film] (1971)
45. The Night Digger [Film] (1971) – Film script )
46. The BFG: Plays for Children [Stage] (1976)
47. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play [Stage] (1976)
48. James and the Giant Peach: A Play [Stage] (1982)
49. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator: A Play [Stage] (1984)
50. Fantastic Mr Fox: A Play [Stage] (1987)

Poetry:


51. Revolting Rhymes (1982)
52. Dirty Beasts (1983)
53. Rhyme Stew (1989)
54. Songs and Verse (2005)
55. Vile Verses (2005)

Edited:


56. Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1983)

Non-fiction:


57. Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)
    • Boy: Tales of Childhood. 1984. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2013.
58. Going Solo (1986)
    • Going Solo. 1986. Cover Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Puffin Books. London: Penguin, 2013.
59. Measles, a Dangerous Illness (1988)
60. [with Felicity Dahl] Memories with Food at Gipsy House [aka "Roald Dahl's Cookbook", 1996] (1991)
61. Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991)
62. The Dahl Diary 1992 (1991)
63. My Year (1993)
64. The Roald Dahl Diary 1997 (1996)
65. The Mildenhall Treasure (1999)

Secondary:


66. Sturrock, Donald. Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl. Harper Press. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010.

Rather a nasty man, by all accounts, but one can't deny the effectiveness of many of his short stories, especially for those of us brought up on Tales of the Unexpected.

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Jack Manning: Peter Dickinson (1986)

Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson (1927-2015)

Children's Novels:


1. The Changes Trilogy
   • The Changes Trilogy: The Devil's Children; Heartsease; The Weathermonger. 1970, 1969 & 1968. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985.
   1. The Weathermonger (1968)
      • The Weathermonger. 1968. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1982.
   2. Heartsease (1969)
      • Heartsease. 1969. Illustrated by Robert Hales. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
   3. The Devil's Children (1970)
      • The Devil's Children. 1970. Illustrated by Robert Hales. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1982.
2. Emma Tupper's Diary (1970)
   • Emma Tupper's Diary. 1971. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973.
3. Mandog (1972)
4. The Dancing Bear (1972)
   • The Dancing Bear. Illustrated by David Smee. 1972. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
5. The Gift (1973)
   • The Gift. Illustrated by Gareth Floyd London: Victor Gollancz, 1973.
6. The Blue Hawk (1976)
   • The Blue Hawk. Illustrated by David Smee. 1976. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977.
7. Annerton Pit (1977)
   • Annerton Pit. 1977. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987.
8. Tulku (1979)
   • Tulku. 1979. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1988.
9. The Seventh Raven (1981)
   • The Seventh Raven. 1981. A Puffin Plus. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983.
10. Healer (1983)
    • Healer. 1983. A Puffin Plus. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985.
11. A Box of Nothing (1985)
    • A Box of Nothing. Illustrated by Ian Newsham. 1985. A Magnet Book. London: Methuen, 1987.
12. Eva (1988)
    • Eva. 1988. London: Corgi Freeway, 1992.
13. AK (1990)
    • AK. 1990. London: Corgi Freeway, 1992.
14. A Bone from a Dry Sea (1992)
    • A Bone from a Dry Sea. 1992. London: Corgi Freeway, 1994.
15. Shadow of a Hero (1993)
    • Shadow of a Hero. 1994. London: Corgi Freeway, 1996.
16. Time and the Clock Mice, Etcetera (1993)
17. The Kin (1998)
    1. Suth's Story
    2. Noli's Story
    3. Ko's Story
    4. Mana's Story
    • The Kin. Illustrated by Ian Andrew. 1998. London: Macmillan Children’s Books, 2001.
18. The Ropemaker (2001)
    • The Ropemaker. Illustrated by Ian Andrew. 2001. Macmillan Children’s Books. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2002.
19. The Tears of the Salamander (2003)
20. The Gift Boat [aka 'Inside Granddad'] (2004)
21. Angel Isle [The Ropemaker, 2] (2006)
    • Angel Isle. Illustrated by Ian Andrew. 2006. Macmillan Children’s Books. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2007.
22. In the Palace of the Khans (2012)

Mystery Novels:

James Pibble series:

Skin Deep [aka 'The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest'] (1968)

A Pride of Heroes [aka 'The Old English Peep-Show'] (1969)

The Seals [aka 'The Sinful Stones'] (1970)

Sleep and His Brother (1971)

The Lizard in the Cup (1972)

One Foot in the Grave (1979)

23. The Green Gene (1973)
24. The Poison Oracle (1974)
25. The Lively Dead (1975)
26. King and Joker (1976)
27. Walking Dead (1977)
28. A Summer in the Twenties (1981)
29. The Last Houseparty (1982)
30. Hindsight (1983)
31. Death of a Unicorn (1984)
32. Tefuga (1985)
33. Skeleton-in-Waiting (1987)
34. Perfect Gallows (1988)
35. Play Dead (1991)
36. The Yellow Room Conspiracy (1992)
37. Some Deaths Before Dying (1999)

Picture Books:


38. The Iron Lion. Illustrated by Marc Brown & Pauline Baynes (1973)
39. Hepzibah. Illustrated by Sue Porter (1978)
40. Giant Cold. Illustrated by Alan Cober (1984)
41. Mole Hole (1987)
42. Chuck and Danielle (1996)

Short Stories:


43. City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament. Illustrated by Michael Foreman (1980)
44. Merlin Dreams (1988)
45. The Lion Tamer's Daughter and Other Stories [aka 'Touch and Go'] (1997)
46. [with Robin McKinley]. Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits (2002)
    • [with Robin McKinley]. Elementals: Water. 2002. London: Corgi Books, 2003.
47. [with Robin McKinley]. Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits (2009)
48. Earth and Air: Tales of Elemental Creatures (2012)

Non-fiction:


49. Chance, Luck and Destiny (1975)
50. The Flight of Dragons. Illustrated by Wayne Anderson (1979)

Poetry:


51. The Weir: Poems by Peter Dickinson (2007)

Edited:


52. Hundreds and Hundreds (1983)
    • Hundreds and Hundreds. 1983. A Puffin Original. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.

A truly original and unpredictable children's writer: one who started strong, but then had a late spurt which was even more impressive.

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Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany [Lord Dunsany] (1878-1957)

Short-story collections:


1. The Gods of Pegāna (1905)
   • The Gods of Pegāna. Illustrated by S. H. Sime. 1905. London: Elkin Mathews, 1919.
   • Time and the Gods. Fantasy Masterworks, 32. London: Gollancz, 2000.
2. Time and the Gods (1906)
   • The Book of Wonder. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918.
   • Time and the Gods. Fantasy Masterworks, 32. London: Gollancz, 2000.
3. The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (1908)
   • Time and the Gods. Fantasy Masterworks, 32. London: Gollancz, 2000.
4. A Dreamer's Tales (1910)
   • Time and the Gods. Fantasy Masterworks, 32. London: Gollancz, 2000.
5. The Book of Wonder (1912)
   • The Book of Wonder. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918.
   • Time and the Gods. Fantasy Masterworks, 32. London: Gollancz, 2000.
6. Fifty-One Tales [aka "The Food of Death"] (1915)
   • The Food of Death: Fifty-One Tales. 1915. The Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library, 3. Hollywood, Calif.: Newcastle Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
7. Tales of Wonder [aka "The Last Book of Wonder"] (1916)
   • Time and the Gods. Fantasy Masterworks, 32. London: Gollancz, 2000.
8. Tales of War (1918)
9. Unhappy Far-Off Things (1919)
10. Tales of Three Hemispheres (1919)
11. The Man Who Ate the Phoenix (1949)
12. The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories (1952)

Jorkens:


13. The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens (1931)
14. Jorkens Remembers Africa (1934)
15. Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey (1940)
16. The Fourth Book of Jorkens (1947)
17. Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey (1954)
18. The Last Book of Jorkens. 1957 (2002)
19. The Collected Jorkens, Volume One (2004)
20. The Collected Jorkens, Volume Two (2004)
21. The Collected Jorkens, Volume Three (2005)

Reprint collections:


22. Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany, ed. W. B. Yeats (1912)
23. A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories: A Dreamer's Tales & The Sword of Welleran (1917)
24. The Book of Wonder (1918)
    • The Book of Wonder: The Book of Wonder; Time and the Gods. 1912, 1906. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918.
25. The Sword of Welleran and Other Tales of Enchantment (1954)
26. At the Edge of the World (1970)
    • At The Edge of the World. Ed. Lin Carter. Adult Fantasy. New York: Ballantine Books, 1970.
27. Beyond the Fields We Know (1972)
    • Beyond the Fields We Know. Ed. Lin Carter. Adult Fantasy. London: Pan / Ballantine, 1972.
28. Gods, Men and Ghosts (1972)
    • Gods, Men and Ghosts: The Best Supernatural Fiction of Lord Dunsany. Ed. E. F. Bleiler. Illustrations by Sidney H. Sime. New York: Dover, 1972.
29. Over the Hills and Far Away (1974)
30. The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer, and Other Fantasms (1980)
    • The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer and Other Fantasms. Foreword by Darrell Schweitzer. Illustrations by Tim Kirk. Philadelphia: Owlslick Press, 1980.
31. Bethmoora and Other Stories (1993)
32. The Exiles Club and Other Stories (1993)
33. The Lands of Wonder (1994)
34. The Hashish Man and Other Stories (1996)
35. The Complete Pegana (1998)
36. Time and the Gods (2000)
    • Time and the Gods: Time and the Gods, The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories, A Dreamer's Tales, The Book of Wonder, The Last Book of Wonder, & The Gods of Pegāna. 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1916, 1905. Fantasy Masterworks, 32. London: Gollancz, 2000.
37. In the Land of Time, and Other Fantasy Tales (2004)
    • In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales. Ed. S. T. Joshi. Penguin Classics. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2004.
38. Lost Tales, Volume 1: 1909-1915 (2012)
39. Lost Tales, Volume 2: The Emperor's Crystal & Other Lost Tales: 1909-1920 (2013)
40. Lost Tales, Volume 3: 1910-1954 (2014)
41. The Men of Baldfolk & Other Fanciful Tales: 1908-1955 (2016)
42. The Ghost in the Corner and Other Stories (2017)
43. A Dreamer's Tales: Annotated Edition (2018)
44. Lost Tales, Volume 4: 1909-1956 (2018)

SF & Fantasy Novels:


45. Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley [aka "The Chronicles of Rodriguez"] (1922)
    • Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley. 1922. Introduction by Lin Carter. Adult Fantasy. London: Pan / Ballantine, 1972.
46. The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924)
    • The King of Elfland’s Daughter. 1924. A Del Rey Book. New York: Ballantine Books, 1978.
47. The Charwoman's Shadow: Shadow Valley Chronicles II (1926)
    • The Charwoman’s Shadow. 1926. Unicorn. London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1983.
48. The Blessing of Pan (1927)
49. The Curse of the Wise Woman (1933)
50. My Talks With Dean Spanley (1936)
    • My Talks with Dean Spanley. 1936. London: Collins, 1972.
    • Dean Spanley: My Talks with Dean Spanley / Dean Spanley: The Screenplay, by Alan Sharp. Ed. Matthew Metcalfe & Chris Smith. 1936. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2008.
51. The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders (1950)
52. The Last Revolution (1951)
53. The Pleasures of a Futuroscope (2003)

Other novels:


54. Up in the Hills (1935)
55. Rory and Bran (1936)
56. The Story of Mona Sheehy (1939)
57. Guerilla (1944)
    • Guerilla. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1944.
58. His Fellow Men (1952)

Drama:


59. Five Plays: "The Gods of the Mountain" / "The Golden Doom" / "King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior" / "The Glittering Gate" / "The Lost Silk Hat" (1914)
60. A Night at an Inn (1916)
61. Plays of Gods and Men: "The Laughter of the Gods" / "The Queen's Enemies" / "The Tents of the Arabs" / "A Night at an Inn" (1917)
    • Plays of Gods and Men. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Limited, 1917.
62. If (1921)
63. Plays of Near and Far: "The compromise of the King of the Golden Isles" / "The flight of the queen" / "Cheezo" / "A good bargain" / "If Shakespeare lived today" / "Fame and the poet" (1922)
64. Alexander and Three Small Plays: "Alexander" / "The old king's tale" / "The evil kettle" / "The amusements of Khan Kharuda" (1925)
65. Seven Modern Comedies: "Atalanta in Wimbledon" / "The raffle" / "The journey of the soul" / "In holy Russia" / "His sainted grandmother" / "The hopeless passion of Mr. Bunyon" / "The jest of Hahalaba" (1928)
66. The Old Folk of the Centuries (1930)
67. Mr Faithful (1935)
68. Plays for Earth and Air: "Fame comes late" / "A matter of honour" / "Mr. Sliggen's hour" / "The pumpkin" / "The use of man" / "The Bureau de change" / "The seventh symphony" / "Golden dragon city" / "Time's joke" / "Atmospherics" (1937)
69. The Ginger Cat and Other Lost Plays: "The Ginger Cat", 1914 / "The Murderers", 1919 / "Mr. Faithful", 1922 (2005)

Poetry collections:


70. Fifty Poems (1929)
71. Mirage Water (1938)
72. War Poems (1941)
73. Wandering Songs (1943)
74. A Journey (1944)
75. The Year (1946)
76. The Odes of Horace (1947)
    • The Odes of Horace. Trans. Lord Dunsany. London: Heinemann, 1947.
77. To Awaken Pegasus (1949)
    • To Awaken Pegasus and Other Poems. Oxford: George Ronald, 1949.
78. Verses Dedicatory: 18 Previously Unpublished Poems (1985)

Non-fiction:


79. Nowadays (1918)
80. If I Were Dictator (1934)
81. My Ireland (1937)
82. The Donnellan Lectures 1943 (1945)
83. A Glimpse from a Watchtower (1947)

Autobiography:


84. Patches of Sunlight (1938)
    • Patches of Sunlight. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1938.
85. While The Sirens Slept (1944)
86. The Sirens Wake (1945)

Letters:


87. Arthur C. Clarke & Lord Dunsany: A Correspondence 1945–1956. ed. Keith Allen Daniels. Palo Alto, CA, USA: Anamnesis Press, 1998.

It's taken me some time to warm to Dunsany. Lovecraft, of course, saw him as a genius on a par with Poe (particularly in his early stories). The immense range of his work almost guarantees a certain unevenness, but stories such as "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow" are indubitable masterpieces.

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Neil Gaiman (2013)

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (1960- )

Novels:


1. [with Terry Pratchett] Good Omens (1990)
   • Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. A Novel. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1990.
2. Neverwhere (1996)
   • Neverwhere. 1996. New York: HarperTorch, 2001.
   • Neverwhere: Author's Preferred Text, with How the Marquis Got His Coat Back. 1996 & 2014. William Morrow. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
3. Stardust (1999)
   • Stardust. London: Headline Book Publishing, 1999.
4. American Gods (2001)
   • American Gods. London: Headline Book Publishing, 2001.
   • American Gods: The Author's Preferred Text. 2001 & 2004. Review. London: Headline Book Publishing, 2005.
5. Anansi Boys (2005)
   • Anansi Boys. London: Headline Book Publishing, 2005.
6. [with Michael Reaves] InterWorld. InterWorld Series 1 (2007)
7. The Graveyard Book (2008)
   • The Graveyard Book. Illustrated by Chris Riddell. 2008. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2009.
8. [with Michael Reaves & Mallory Reaves] The Silver Dream. InterWorld Series 2 (2013)
9. The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013)
   • The Ocean at the End of the Lane. London: Headline Publishing Group, 2013.
10. [with Michael Reaves & Mallory Reaves] Eternity's Wheel. InterWorld Series 2 (2015)

Picture Books:


11. The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish. Illustrated by Dave McKean (1997)
12. [with Gene Wolfe] A Walking Tour of the Shambles. Illustrated by Randy Broecker (2002)
13. Coraline. Illustrated by Dave McKean (2002)
    • Coraline. Illustrations by Dave McKean. 2002. New York: Harper Trophy, 2003.
14. The Wolves in the Walls. Illustrated by Dave McKean (2003)
15. Melinda. Illustrated by Dagmara Matuszak (2005)
16. MirrorMask. Illustrated by Dave McKean (2005)
    • Mirrormask. Illustrated by Dave McKean. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2005.
17. Odd and the Frost Giants. Illustrated by Brett Helquist (2008)
18. The Dangerous Alphabet. Illustrated by Gris Grimly (2008)
19. Blueberry Girl. Illustrated by Charles Vess (2009)
20. Crazy Hair. Illustrated by Dave McKean (2009)
21. Instructions. Illustrated by Charles Vess (2010)
22. Chu's Day. Illustrated by Adam Rex (2013)
23. Fortunately, the Milk. Illustrated by Skottie Young, US / Chris Riddell, UK / Boulet, France (2013)
24. Chu's First Day of School. Illustrated by Adam Rex (2014)
25. Hansel and Gretel. Illustrated by Lorenzo Mattotti (2014)
26. The Sleeper and the Spindle. Illustrated by Chris Riddell (2014)
27. Chu's Day at the Beach. Illustrated by Adam Rex (2016)
28. Cinnamon. Illustrated by Divya Srinivasan (2017)
29. Pirate Stew. Illustrated by Chris Riddell (2020)

Short Fiction:


30. Angels and Visitations (1993)
31. Smoke and Mirrors (1998)
    • Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions. London: Headline Book Publishing, 1999.
    • Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions. 1999. Headline Feature. London: Headline Book Publishing, 2000.
32. Fragile Things (2006)
    • Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders. 2006. London: Headline Publishing Group, 2013.
33. M is for Magic (2007)
34. Who Killed Amanda Palmer (2009)
35. A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff (2011)
36. Trigger Warning (2015)
    • Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances. London: Headline Publishing Group, 2015.
37. The Neil Gaiman Reader (2020)
    • The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction. Foreword by Marlon James. London: Headline Publishing Group, 2020.

Non-fiction:


38. Duran Duran: The First Four Years of the Fab Five (1984)
39. [with Kim Newman] Ghastly Beyond Belief (1985)
    • Ghastly Beyond Belief. Ed. Neil Gaiman & Kim Newman. Introduction by Harry Harrison. London: Arrow Books, 1985.
40. Don't Panic: A Biography of Douglas Adams (1988)
41. Adventures in the Dream Trade (2002)
42. Make Good Art: A Commencement Speech Given at the UArts on 17 May 2012 (2013)
43. The View from the Cheap Seats (2016)
    • The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-fiction. London: Headline Publishing Group, 2016.
44. Norse Mythology (2017)
    • Norse Mythology. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Comics: (selected)


45. [with Dave McKean] Violent Cases (1987)
46. [with Dave McKean] Black Orchid (1988–1989 / 1991)
47. Sandman (1989-1996)
    • The Sandman Library I: Preludes & Nocturnes. 1991. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1995.
    • The Sandman Library II: The Doll’s House. 1990. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1995.
    • The Sandman Library III: Dream Country. 1991. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1995.
    • The Sandman Library IV: Season of Mists. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1992.
    • The Sandman Library V: A Game of You. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1993.
    • The Sandman Library VI: Fables & Reflections. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1993.
    • The Sandman Library VII: Brief Lives. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1994.
    • The Sandman Library VIII: World’s End. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1994.
    • The Sandman Library IX: The Kindly Ones. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1996.
    • The Sandman Library X: The Wake. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1997.
    • [with Yoshitaka Amano] The Sandman: The Dream Hunters. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1999.
    • The Sandman: Endless Nights. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 2003.
    • The Sandman: Overture. 2013-15. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 2016.
    • Bender, Hy. The Sandman Companion. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1999.
48. The Books of Magic (1990-1991)
    • The Books of Magic. 1990-91; 1993. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 2001.
49. Death (1993-1996)
    • Death: The High Cost of Living. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1994.
    • Death: The Time of Your Life. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1997.
50. The Last Temptation (1994-1995)
    • [with Alice Cooper] The Last Temptation. Illustrated by Michael Zulli. 1994-95. Oregon: Dark Horse Comics, 2000.
51. [with Dave McKean] The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch (1994-1995)
52. Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days (1999)
    • Midnight Days. 1989-95. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1999.
53. Marvel 1602 (2003-2004)
    • Marvel 1602. Illustrated by Andy Kubert. 2003-4. New York: Marvel Worldwide Inc., 2013.
54. A Study in Emerald (2018)
    • A Study in Emerald. Illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque. Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse Books, 2018.

Screenplays:


55. [with storyboards by Dave McKean] MirrorMask: The Illustrated Film Script (2005)
56. [with Roger Avary] Beowulf: The Script Book (2007)

I have to say, once you see it all together - comics, stories, novels, and everything else - Gaiman's achievements are certainly impressive. I've just finished reading The Gaiman Reader, and I do begin to see why people regard him as, already, a classic among fantasy writers.

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Alan Garner (2011)

Alan Garner (1934- )

Novels:


1. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960)
   • The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley. 1960. London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1990.
   • The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. 1960. An Armada Lion. London: Collins, 1973.
2. The Moon of Gomrath (1963)
   • The Moon of Gomrath. 1963. An Armada Lion. London: Collins, 1974.
3. Elidor (1965)
   • Elidor. Illustrated by Charles Keeping. 1965. London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1971.
   • Elidor. Illustrated by Charles Keeping. 1965. Armada Lions. London: Collins, 1975.
4. The Owl Service (1967)
   • The Owl Service. 1967. An Armada Lion. London: Collins, 1974.
5. Red Shift (1973)
   • Red Shift. 1973. London: Collins, 1973.
6. Strandloper (1996)
   • Strandloper. 1996. London: The Harvill Press, 1997.
7. Thursbitch (2003)
   • Thursbitch. 2003. London: Vintage, 2004.
8. Boneland (2012)
   • Boneland. Fourth Estate. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.

Short story collections:


9. The Stone Book Quartet (1979)
   • The Stone Book. The Stone Book Quartet. 1. 1976. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. Fontana Lions. London: Collins, 1979.
   • Tom Fobble’s Day. The Stone Book Quartet, 2. 1977. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. Fontana Lions. London: Collins, 1979.
   • Granny Reardun. The Stone Book Quartet, 3. 1977. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. Fontana Lions. London: Collins, 1979.
   • The Aimer Gate. The Stone Book Quartet, 4. 1978. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. Fontana Lions. London: Collins, 1979.
10. The Lad of the Gad (1980)
11. Fairytales of Gold (1980)
    • Alan Garner's Fairytales of Gold. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. 1980. London: Collins, 1989.
12. Book of British Fairy Tales (1984)
    • Alan Garner's Book of British Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Derek Collard. 1984. London: Collins, 1988.
13. Once Upon a Time (1993)
14. Collected Folk Tales (2011)
    • Collected Folk Tales. London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2011.

Children's books:


15. Holly from the Bongs: A Nativity Play (1966)
16. The Old Man of Mow (1967)
17. The Breadhorse (1975)
18. Jack and the Beanstalk. Illustrated by Julek Heller (1992)
19. The Little Red Hen (1997)
20. The Well of the Wind (1998)
21. Grey Wolf, Prince Jack and the Firebird (1998)

Non-fiction:


22. The Voice That Thunders (1997)
    • The Voice That Thunders: Essays and Lectures. London: The Harvill Press, 1997.
23. Where Shall We Run To? (2018)
    • Where Shall We Run To? A Memoir. 4th Estate. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.

Edited:


24. A Book of Goblins (1969)
    • A Book of Goblins. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska. 1969. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972.
25. The Guizer: A Book of Fools (1975)
    • The Guizer: A Book of Fools. 1975. Fontana Lions. London: Collins, 1980.
26. A Bag of Moonshine (1986)
    • A Bag of Moonshine. Illustrated by P. J. Lynch. 1986. Lions. London: HarperCollins, 1992.

The zest of his early work was succeeded by some really quite brilliantly concise and innovative later novels. Boneland was a step too far, for me, but otherwise I feel there's much for all of us to learn from this master storyteller.

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Edward Gorey

Edward St. John Gorey (1925-2000)

Single Works:


1. The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel (1953)
   • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
2. The Listing Attic (1954)
   • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
3. The Doubtful Guest (1957)
   • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
4. The Object-Lesson (1958)
   • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
5. The Bug Book (1959)
   • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
6. The Fatal Lozenge: An Alphabet (1960)
   • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
7. The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Tale by Ogdred Weary (1961)
   • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
8. The Hapless Child (1961)
   • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
9. The Beastly Baby (1962)
   • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
10. The Willowdale Handcar: Or, the Return of the Black Doll (1962)
    • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
11. The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction (1963)
    1. The Gashlycrumb Tinies; or, After the Outing
       • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
    2. The Insect God
       • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
    3. The West Wing
       • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
12. The Wuggly Ump (1963)
    • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
13. The Nursery Frieze (1964)
    • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
14. The Sinking Spell (1964)
    • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
15. The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken from Life (1965)
    • Included in Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
16. Three Books from Fantod Press [1] (1966)
    1. The Evil Garden: Eduard Blutig's Der Böse Garten
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
    2. The Inanimate Tragedy
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
    3. The Pious Infant by Mrs Regera Dowdy
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
17. [with Victoria Chess] Fletcher and Zenobia (1967)
18. The Gilded Bat (1967)
    • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
19. The Utter Zoo (1967)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
20. The Blue Aspic (1968)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
21. The Other Statue (1968)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
22. The Epiplectic Bicycle (1969)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
23. The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley (1969)
    • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
24. Three Books from the Fantod Press [2] (1970)
    1. The Chinese Obelisks: Fourth Alphabet
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
    2. [with Peter F. Neumeyer] Donald Has a Difficulty
    3. The Osbick Bird
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
25. The Sopping Thursday (1970)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
26. [with Peter F. Neumeyer] Why We Have Day and Night (1970)
27. Three Books from the Fantod Press [3] (1971)
    1. The Deranged Cousins; or, Whatever
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
    2. The Eleventh Episode by Raddory Gewe, drawings by Om
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
    3. [The Untitled Book]
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
28. [with Victoria Chess] Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus (1971)
29. [by Alphonse Allais] Story for Sara: What Happened to a Little Girl (1971)
    • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
30. [by Charles Cros] The Salt Herring (1971)
    • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
31. The Awdrey-Gore Legacy (1972)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
32. Leaves from a Mislaid Album (1972)
    • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
33. The Black Doll: A Silent Film (1973)
34. Categor y: Fifty Drawings (1973)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
35. The Lavender Leotard: or, Going a Lot to the New York City Ballet (1973)
    • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
36. A Limerick (1973)
    • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
37. Three Books from the Fantod Press [4] (1973)
    1. The Abandoned Sock
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
    2. The Disrespectful Summons
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
    3. The Lost Lions
       • Included in Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
38. The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet (1975)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
39. L'Heure bleue (1975)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
40. The Grand Passion: A Novel (1976)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
41. The Broken Spoke (1976)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
42. Les Passementeries Horribles (1976)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
43. Scènes de Ballet (1976)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
44. Edward Gorey’s Dracula: A Toy Theatre (1977)
    • Edward Gorey’s Dracula: A Toy Theatre. 1977. Second Edition. Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegrante Communcations, Inc, n.d.
45. The Loathsome Couple (1977)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
46. Alms for Oblivion Series: Dogear Wryde Postcards (1978)
47. The Green Beads (1978)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
48. The Galoshes of Remorse (1979)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
49. [with Larry Evans] Gorey Games (1979)
50. Gorey Posters (1979)
51. Interpretative Series: Dogear Wryde Postcards (1979)
52. Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses (1980)
    • 'Neglected Murderesses' included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
53. Les Urnes Utiles (1980)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
54. Mélange Funeste (1982)
55. The Dwindling Party (1982)
56. The Water Flowers (1982)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
57. The Eclectic Abecedarium (1983)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
58. E. D. Ward, A Memorial Bear by Dogear Wryde (1983)
59. [with Malcolm Whyte & Nancie West Swanber] Gorey Cats (1982)
60. The Prune People (1983)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
61. Gorey Stories (1983)
62. The Tunnel Calamity (1984)
63. Les Échanges Malandreux (1984)
64. The Prune People II (1985)
65. The Improvable Landscape (1986)
66. The Raging Tide: Or, The Black Doll's Imbroglio (1987)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
67. Signs of Spring (1988)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
68. The Dripping Faucet (1989)
69. The Helpless Doorknob: A Shuffled Story (1989)
70. Tragédies Topiares: Dogear Wryde Postcards (1989)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
71. Q. R. V. [aka The Universal Solvent] (1989)
    • 'The Universal Solvent' (abridged) included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
72. The Stupid Joke (1990)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
73. The Tuning Fork (1990)
    • Included in Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
74. The Fraught Settee (1990)
75. La Balade Troublante (1991)
76. The Betrayed Confidence (1992)
77. The Doleful Domesticity; Another Novel (1992)
78. Serious Life: A Cruise (1992)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
79. Verse Advice (1993)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
80. The Dancing Rock by Ogdred Weary (1993)
81. The Floating Elephant by Dogear Wryde (1993)
82. The Pointless Book; or, Nature & Art by Garrot Weedy (1993)
83. Figbash Acrobate (1994)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
84. The Retrieved Locket (1994)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
85. Another Random Walk (1994)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
86. Random Walk (1995)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
87. The Fantod Pack (1995)
88. The Unknown Vegetable (1995)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
89. Bibliophile with Cats (1996)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
90. Q. R. V. Unwmkd (1996)
91. Q. R. V. Hikuptah (1996)
92. Thoughtful Alphabets (1996)
93. The Just Dessert: Thoughtful Alphabet XI (1997)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
94. The Deadly Blotter: Thoughtful Alphabet XVII (1997)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
95. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas (1998)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
96. The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium (1999)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
97. Seasonal Confusion (2000)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
98. Thoughtful Alphabet VIII (The Morning after Christmas, 4 AM) (2001)
99. The Admonitory Hippopotamus: or, Angelica and Sneezby (2002)
    • Included in Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.
100. Saint Melissa the Mottled (2012)

Collections:


101. Amphigorey (1972)
     1. The Unstrung Harp (1953)
     2. The Listing Attic (1954)
     3. The Doubtful Guest (1957)
     4. The Object-Lesson (1958)
     5. The Bug Book (1959)
     6. The Fatal Lozenge (1960)
     7. The Hapless Child (1961)
     8. The Curious Sofa (1961)
     9. The Willowdale Handcar (1962)
     10. The Gashlycrumb Tinies (1963)
     11. The Insect God (1963)
     12. The West Wing (1963)
     13. The Wuggly Ump (1964)
     14. The Sinking Spell (1964)
     15. The Remembered Visit (1965)
     • Amphigorey: Fifteen Books. 1953-1965. New York: Perigee, 1972.
102. Amphigorey Too (1975)
     1. The Beastly Baby (1962)
     2. The Nursery Frieze (1964)
     3. The Pious Infant (1966)
     4. The Evil Garden (1966)
     5. The Inanimate Tragedy (1966)
     6. The Gilded Bat (1967)
     7. The Iron Tonic (1969)
     8. The Osbick Bird (1970)
     9. The Chinese Obelisks (1970)
     10. The Deranged Cousins (1971)
     11. The Eleventh Episode (1971)
     12. [The Untitled Book] (1971)
     13. The Lavender Leotard (1973)
     14. The Disrespectful Summons (1973)
     15. The Abandoned Sock (1973)
     16. The Lost Lions (1973)
     17. [by Alphonse Allais] Story for Sara (1971)
     18. [by Charles Cros] The Salt Herring (1971)
     19. Leaves from a Mislaid Album (1972)
     20. A Limerick (1973)
     • Amphigorey Too. New York: Perigee, 1975.
103. Amphigorey Also (1983)
     1. The Utter Zoo (1967)
     2. The Blue Aspic (1968)
     3. The Epiplectic Bicycle (1969)
     4. The Sopping Thursday (1970)
     5. The Grand Passion (1976)
     6. Les Passementeries Horribles (1976)
     7. The Eclectic Abecedarium (1983)
     8. L'Heure bleue (1975)
     9. The Broken Spoke (1976)
     10. The Awdrey-Gore Legacy (1972)
     11. The Glorious Nosebleed (1975)
     12. The Loathsome Couple (1977)
     13. The Green Beads (1978)
     14. Les Urnes Utiles (1980)
     15. The Stupid Joke (1990)
     16. The Prune People (1983)
     17. The Tuning Fork (1990)
     • Amphigorey Also. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 1983.
104. Amphigorey Again (2006)
     1. The Galoshes of Remorse (1979)
     2. Signs of Spring (1988)
     3. Seasonal Confusion (2000)
     4. Random Walk (1995)
     5. Categor y (1973)
     6. Bibliophile with Cats (1996)
     7. The Other Statue (1968)
     8. 10 Impossible Objects (abridged)
     9. The Universal Solvent (abridged) (1989)
     10. Scènes de Ballet (1976)
     11. Verse Advice (1993)
     12. The Deadly Blotter (1997)
     13. Creativity
     14. The Retrieved Locket (1994)
     15. The Water Flowers (1982)
     16. The Haunted Tea-Cosy (1998)
     17. Christmas Wrap-Up
     18. The Headless Bust (1999)
     19. The Just Dessert (1997)
     20. The Admonitory Hippopotamus (2002)
     21. Neglected Murderesses (1980)
     22. Tragédies Topiares (1989)
     23. The Raging Tide (1987)
     24. The Unknown Vegetable (1995)
     25. Another Random Walk (1994)
     26. Serious Life: A Cruise (1992)
     27. Figbash Acrobate (1994)
     28. La Malle Saignante
     29. The Izzard Book
     • Amphigorey Again. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2007.

Secondary:


105. Wilkin, Karen, ed. Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey, Selected Interviews. 2001. Orlando, FL: Harvest, 2002.
106. Neumeyer, Peter F., ed. Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2011.
107. Dery, Mark. Born to be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey. William Collins. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.

An inimitable master of macabre and suggestive. Some of his later work is comparatively slight, but the great works of his maturity will go down through the ages.

Edward Gorey: The Gashlycrumb Tinies (1963)

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William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918)

Novels:


1. The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" (1907)
2. The House on the Borderland (1908)
3. The Ghost Pirates (1909)
4. The Night Land (1912)
5. The Dream of X [abridgement of The Night Land] (1912)
6. The House on the Borderland and Other Novels (1946)
   • The House on the Borderland and Other Novels. ['The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"' (1907); 'The House on the Borderland' (1908); 'The Ghost Pirates' (1909); 'The Night Land' (1912)]. 1946. Introduction by China Miéville. Fantasy Masterworks, 33. London: Gollancz, 2002.
7. Captain Dang (1996)
8. The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson (2004-2009)
   1. The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" and Other Nautical Adventures (2004)
   2. The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places (2004)
   3. The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea (2005)
   4. The Night Land and Other Romances (2005)
   5. The Dream of X and Other Fantastic Visions (2009)

Short Story Collections:


9. Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder (1913 / 1947)
   • Carnacki the Ghost-Finder. 1913. The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult. London: Sphere Books, 1974.
10. Men of the Deep Waters (1914)
11. The Luck of the Strong (1916)
12. Captain Gault, Being the Exceedingly Private Log of a Sea-Captain (1917)
13. Out of the Storm: Uncollected Fantasies. Ed. Sam Moskowitz (1975)
14. The Haunted "Pampero". Ed. Sam Moskowitz (1992)
15. Terrors of the Sea: Unpublished and Uncollected Fantasies. Ed. Sam Moskowitz (1996)
16. Adrift on The Haunted Seas: The Best Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson. Ed. Douglas A. Anderson (2005)
17. The Wandering Soul: Glimpses of a Life: A Compendium of Rare and Unpublished Works. Ed. Jane Frank (2005)

Poetry:


18. The Calling of the Sea (1920)
19. The Voice of the Ocean (1921)
20. Poems of the Sea (1977)
21. The Lost Poetry of William Hope Hodgson. Ed. Jane Frank (2005)

A very interesting writer - The House on the Borderland, in particular, is an original and deeply influential work.

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Lafayette: Margaret Irwin (1928)

Margaret Emma Faith Irwin (1889–1967)

Novels:


1. Still She Wished for Company. 1924. A Peacock Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979.
2. These Mortals. 1925. Uniform Edition. 1952. London: Chatto & Windus, 1968.
3. Knock Four Times. 1927. Uniform Edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1951.
4. Fire Down Below (1928)
5. None So Pretty. 1930. London: Chatto & Windus, 1935.
6. The Heart's Memory (1951)
7. Hidden Splendour (1952)

Historical Novels:


8. Royal Flush: The Story of Minette. 1932. London: Chatto & Windus, 1947.
9. The Proud Servant: The Story of Montrose. 1934. London: Pan Books, Ltd., 1966.
10. The Stranger Prince: The Story of Rupert of the Rhine. 1937. London: Chatto & Windus, 1947.
11. The Bride: The Story of Louise and Montrose. London: Chatto & Windus, 1939.
12. The Gay Galliard: The Love Story of Mary Queen of Scots. London: Chatto & Windus, 1941.
13. The Queen Elizabeth Trilogy:
    • Young Bess. 1944. Grey Arrow. London: Arrow Books, Ltd., 1960.
    • Elizabeth, Captive Princess. 1948. London: The Reprint Society, 1950.
    • Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain. London: Chatto & Windus, 1953.

Short stories:


14. Madame Fears the Dark: Seven Stories and a Play (1935)
15. Mrs. Oliver Cromwell and Other Stories (1940)
16. Bloodstock and Other Stories. 1935 & 1940. Uniform Edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1953.

Biography:


17. That Great Lucifer: A Portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh. 1960. London: The Reprint Society, 1961.

Her set of four historical novels about the English Civil War, in particular, have a great appeal for me. She also wrote two particularly excellent ghost stories, "The Book" and "The Earlier Service," both included in Bloodstock, above. See my post about her here.

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Dana Gluckstein: Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018)

Library of America:


1. The Complete Orsinia: Malafrena; Stories and Songs. Ed. Brian Attebery. The Library of America, 281 (2016)
   • The Complete Orsinia: Malafrena; Stories and Songs. Ed. Brian Attebery. The Library of America, 281. 1979, 1976. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2016.
2. The Hainish Novels & Stories. Ed. Brian Attebery. 2 vols. The Library of America, 296-97 (2017)
   1. Rocannon's World; Planet of Exile; City of Illusions; The Left Hand of Darkness; The Dispossessed; Stories
      • The Hainish Novels & Stories, vol. 1: Rocannon's World; Planet of Exile; City of Illusions; The Left Hand of Darkness; The Dispossessed; Stories. 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974. Ed. Brian Attebery. The Library of America, 296. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2017.
   2. The Word for World is Forest; Five Ways to Forgiveness; The Telling; Stories
      • The Hainish Novels & Stories, vol. 2: The Word for World is Forest; Five Ways to Forgiveness; The Telling; Stories. 1977, 1995, 2000. Ed. Brian Attebery. The Library of America, 297. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2017.
3. Always Coming Home: Author’s Expanded Edition. Ed. Brian Attebery. The Library of America, 315 (2019)
   • Always Coming Home: Author’s Expanded Edition. 1985. Ed. Brian Attebery. The Library of America, 315. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2019.
4. Annals of the Western Shore. Gifts; Voices; Powers. Ed. Brian Attebery. The Library of America, 335 (2020)
   • Annals of the Western Shore. Gifts; Voices; Powers. Ed. Brian Attebery. 2004, 2006, 2007. The Library of America, 335. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2020.
5. Collected Poems. Ed. Harold Bloom. The Library of America, 368 (2023)
   • Collected Poems. Ed. Harold Bloom. The Library of America, 368. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2023.
6. Novels: The Lathe of Heaven; The Eye of the Heron; The Beginning Place; Searoad; Lavinia. Ed. Brian Attebery. 1971, 1978, 1980, 1991, 2008. The Library of America, 379 (2024)
7. Complete Stories. Ed. Brian Attebery. The Library of America (2025?)

Novels:


8. Rocannon's World (1966)
   • Rocannon's World. 1966. A Star Book. London: W. H. Allen & Co., Ltd. 1980.
   • Included in: Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon's World; Planet of Exile; City of Illusions. 1964, 1966, 1967. An Orb Book. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1995.
9. Planet of Exile (1966)
   • Planet of Exile / Thomas M. Disch. Mankind under the Leash. Ace Double. New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1966.
   • Included in: Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon's World; Planet of Exile; City of Illusions. 1964, 1966, 1967. An Orb Book. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1995.
10. City of Illusions (1967)
    • City of Illusions. 1967. Panther Science Fiction. St Albans, Herts: Panther Books, 1973.
    • Included in: Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon's World; Planet of Exile; City of Illusions. 1964, 1966, 1967. An Orb Book. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1995.
11. The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
    • The Left Hand of Darkness. 1969. Panther Science Fiction. St Albans, Herts: Panther Books, 1975.
    • The Left Hand of Darkness. 1969. Orbit. London: Little, Brown Book Group, 2006.
12. The Lathe of Heaven (1971)
    • The Lathe of Heaven. 1971. Panther Science Fiction. St Albans, Herts: Panther Books, 1974.
    • The Lathe of Heaven. 1971. Gollancz SF. London: Victor Gollancz, 1979.
13. The Dispossessed (1974)
    • The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia. 1974. Panther Science Fiction. St Albans, Herts: Panther Books, 1975.
14. The Word for World Is Forest (1976)
    • The Word for World is Forest. 1977. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing, 1980.
15. The Eye of the Heron (1978)
    • [with others]. The Eye of the Heron and Other Stories. Ed. Virginia Kidd. [aka ‘Millennial Women’, 1978]. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing, 1980.
16. Malafrena (1979)
    • Malafrena. 1979. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing, 1981.
17. The Beginning Place [aka Threshold] (1980)
    • Threshold. As ‘The Beginning Place’. 1980. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing, 1982.
18. Always Coming Home (1985)
    • Always Coming Home. Artist: Margaret Chodos. Composer: Todd Baron. Geomancer: George Hersh. 1985. London: Victor Gollancz, 1986.
    • Always Coming Home. Artist; Margaret Chodos. Composer: Todd Barton. Geomancer: George Hersh. Maps drawn by the Author. 1985. London: HarperCollins, 1993.
19. Searoad (1991)
    • Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand. 1991. London: Victor Gollancz, 1992.
20. The Telling (2000)
    • The Telling. 2000. London: Gollancz, 2003.
21. Lavinia (2008)
    • Lavinia. 2008. Mariner Books. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2009.

Short Stories:


22. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
    • The Wind's Twelve Quarters. 1975. 2 Vols. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing, 1978.
    • The Wind's Twelve Quarters. 1975. VGSF. London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1989.
23. Dreams Must Explain Themselves (1975)
24. Orsinian Tales (1976)
    • Orsinian Tales. 1976. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing, 1978.
25. The Compass Rose (1982)
    • The Compass Rose: Short Stories. 1982. London: Victor Gollancz, 1983.
    • The Compass Rose. 1982. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing, 1984.
26. Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences (1987)
    • Buffalo Gals, and Other Animal Presences. 1987. A Plume book. New York: New American Library, 1988.
27. A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
    • A Fisherman of the Inland Sea. 1994 .London: Vista, 1997.
28. Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995)
    • Four Ways to Forgiveness. 1995. HarperPrism.. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
29. Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
    • Unlocking the Air and Other Stories. 1996. HarperPerennial. New York: HarperCollins, 2005.
30. The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (2002)
    • The Birthday of the World and Other Stories. 2002. London: Gollancz, 2003.
31. Changing Planes (2002)
    • Changing Planes: Stories. Illustrated by Eric Beddows. Orlando, Fl: Harcourt, Inc., 2003.
32. The Wild Girls (2011)
33. The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Stories of Ursula Le Guin (2012)
    • The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume 1: Where on Earth. 2012. Gollancz. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2014.
    • The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume 2: Outer Space, Inner Lands. 2012. Gollancz. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2015.
34. The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas (2016)
    • The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas. Saga Press. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2016.
35. Orsinia (2017)

YA Fiction:


36. A Wizard of Earthsea. Illustrated by Ruth Robbins (1968)
    • A Wizard of Earthsea. 1968. Drawings by Ruth Robbins. Puffin Books, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976.
    • Included in: The Earthsea Trilogy: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore. 1979. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983.
    • Included in: The Earthsea Quartet: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore: Tehanu. 1968, 1972, 1973, 1990. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1993.
37. The Tombs of Atuan. Illustrated by Gail Garraty (1971)
    • The Tombs of Atuan. 1971. Puffin Books, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975.
    • Included in: The Earthsea Trilogy: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore. 1979. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983.
    • Included in: The Earthsea Quartet: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore: Tehanu. 1968, 1972, 1973, 1990. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1993.
38. The Farthest Shore. Illustrated by Gail Garraty (1972)
    • The Farthest Shore. 1972. Puffin Books, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975.
    • Included in: The Earthsea Trilogy: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore. 1979. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983.
    • Included in: The Earthsea Quartet: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore: Tehanu. 1968, 1972, 1973, 1990. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1993.
39. Very Far Away from Anywhere Else [aka A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else] (1976)
    • A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else. [aka ‘Very Far Away from Anywhere Else’]. 1976. Peacock Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978.
40. Tehanu. Illustrated by John Jude Palencar (1990)
    • Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea. London: Victor Gollancz, 1990.
    • Included in: The Earthsea Quartet: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore: Tehanu. 1968, 1972, 1973, 1990. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1993.
41. Tales from Earthsea. Illustrated by Kelly Nelson (2001)
    • Tales from Earthsea. 2001. London: Orion Children’s Books, 2002.
    • Tales from Earthsea. 2001. London: Orion, 2002.
42. The Other Wind. Illustrated by Cliff Nielsen (2001)
    • The Other Wind. 2001. London: Orion Children’s Books, 2002.
43. Gifts. Annals of the Western Shore (2004)
    • Gifts. Annals of the Western Shore, 1. 2004. Orlando, Fl: Harcourt, Inc., 2006.
44. Voices. Annals of the Western Shore (2006)
    • Voices. Annals of the Western Shore, 2. 2006. Orion Children's Books. London: Orion Publishing Group Ltd., Inc., 2007.
45. Powers. Annals of the Western Shore (2007)
    • Powers. Annals of the Western Shore, 3. 2007. Orion Children's Books. London: Orion Publishing Group Ltd., Inc., 2008.
46. The Books of Earthsea. Illustrated by Charles Vess (2018)
    • The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition – A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore: Tehanu; Tales of Earthsea; The Other Wind. 1968, 1972, 1973, 1990, 2001, 2001. Illustrated by Charles Vess. USA: Saga Press, 2018.

Children's Books:


47. Leese Webster. Illustrated by James Brunsman (1979)
48. The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune. Illustrated by Alicia Austin (1982)
49. Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World. Illustrated by Alicia Austin (1983)
50. A Visit from Dr. Katz. Illustrated by Ann Barrow (1988)
51. Fire and Stone. Illustrated by Laura Marshall (1988)
52. Catwings. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler (1988)
53. Catwings Return. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler (1989)
54. Fish Soup. Illustrated by Patrick Wynne (1992)
55. A Ride on the Red Mare's Back. Illustrated by Julie Downing (1992)
56. Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler (1994)
57. Jane On Her Own (1999)
58. Tom Mouse. Illustrated by Julie Downing (2002)
59. Cat Dreams. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler (2009)

Chapbooks:


60. Walking in Cornwall (1976)
61. The Water is Wide (1976)
62. [with Theodora Kroeber] Tillai and Tylissos (1979)
63. The Art of Bunditsu (1982)
64. [with Theodora Kroeber] In the Red Zone (1983)
65. Way of the Water's Going: Images of the Northern California Coastal Range. Text from Always Coming Home with photographs by Ernest Waugh and Allan Nicholson (1989)
66. Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction (1991)
67. [with Vonda McIntyre] A Winter Solstice Ritual (1991)
68. [with Vonda McIntyre] No Boats (1992)
69. Findings (1992)
70. Talking About Writing (1992)
71. Earthsea Revisioned (1993)
72. Blue Moon over Thurman Street. Illustrated by Roger Dorband (1993)
73. The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction (2019)

Poetry:


74. Wild Angels (1975)
    • Wild Angels. 1975. In The Capra Chapbook Anthology. Ed. Noel Young. Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1979.
75. Hard Words and Other Poems (1981)
76. Wild Oats and Fireweed: New Poems (1988)
77. Going out with Peacocks and Other Poems (1994)
78. [with Diana Bellessi] The Twins, The Dream: Two Voices/Las Gemelas, El Sueño: Dos Voces (1997)
79. Sixty Odd (1999)
80. Incredible Good Fortune (2006)
81. Four Different Poems (2007)
82. Out Here: Poems and Images from Steens Mountain Country. Illustrated with photographs by Roger Dorband (2010)
83. Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems (2012)
84. Late in the Day: Poems 2010–2014 (2015)
85. So Far So Good: Poems 2014–2018 (2018)

Screenplay:


86. King Dog: A Screenplay (1985)

Non-fiction:


87. From Elfland to Poughkeepsie (1973)
88. The Language of the Night. Ed. Susan Wood (1979)
    • The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. Ed. Susan Wood. 1979. Rev ed. London: The Women’s Press, 1989.
89. Dancing at the Edge of the World. Ed. Susan Wood (1989)
    • Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places. London: Victor Gollancz, 1989.
90. Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (1998)
    • Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew. Portland, Oregon: The Eighth Mountain Press, 1998.
91. The Wave in the Mind (2004)
    • The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2004.
92. Cheek by Jowl (2009)
    • Cheek by Jowl: Talks & Essays on How & Why Fantasy Matters. Seattle, Washington: Aqueduct Press, 2009.
93. Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story (2015)
94. Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000–2016 (2016)
    • Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week. Northampton, Mass: Small Beer Press, 2016.
95. No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters (2017)
96. Dreams Must Explain Themselves and Other Essays 1972–2004 (2018)
    • Dreams Must Explain Themselves: The Selected Non-Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin. Gollancz. London: Orion Publishing Group Ltd., 2018.

Edited:


97. Nebula Award Stories 11 (1976)
98. [with Virginia Kidd] Edges (1980)
99. [with Virginia Kidd] Interfaces (1980)
100. [with Brian Attebery] The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
101. Selected Stories of H. G. Wells (2004)

Translations:


102. Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching (1997)
     • Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching. A Book about the Way & the Power of the Way. Trans. Ursula K. Le Guin, with J. P. Seaton. 1997. Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1998.
103. Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral (2003)
104. Angélica Gorodischer. Kalpa Imperial (2003)
105. [with Mariano Martín Rodríguez] Gheorghe Săsărman. Squaring the Circle: A Pseudotreatise of Urbogony (2013)

Interviews:


106. [with David Naimon] Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing (2018)
107. Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview. Ed. David Streitfeld (2018)

Her range is great. It covers SF, Fantasy, and many other genres as well. Nevertheless, I've placed her here because I think her most powerful affinities are with other Fantasy writers.

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George MacDonald (1860)

George MacDonald (1824-1905)

Fantasy:


1. Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women (1858)
   • Included in: Phantastes & Lilith. 1858 & 1895. Introduction by C. S. Lewis. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1964.
2. Cross Purposes (1862)
3. The Portent: A Story of the Inner Vision of the Highlanders, Commonly Called 'The Second Sight' (1864)
4. Dealings with the Fairies (1867)
5. At the Back of the North Wind (1871)
   • Included in: At the Back of the North Wind / The Princess and the Goblin / The Princess and Curdie. 1870, 1871, 1882. London : Octopus Books, 1979.
6. Works of Fancy and Imagination (1871)
7. The Princess and the Goblin (1872)
   • The Princess and the Goblin. 1871. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973.
   • Included in: At the Back of the North Wind / The Princess and the Goblin / The Princess and Curdie. 1870, 1871, 1882. London : Octopus Books, 1979.
8. The Wise Woman: A Parable [aka 'The Lost Princess: A Double Story' / 'A Double Story'] (1875)
9. The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Tales [aka 'Stephen Archer and Other Tales'] (1882)
   • The Gifts of the Child Christ: Fairy Tales and Stories for the Childlike. Ed. Glenn Edward Sadler. 2 vols. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1973.
10. The Day Boy and the Night Girl (1882)
11. The Princess and Curdie (1883)
    • The Princess and Curdie. 1882. Illustrated by Helen Stratton. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1980.
    • Included in: At the Back of the North Wind / The Princess and the Goblin / The Princess and Curdie. 1870, 1871, 1882. London : Octopus Books, 1979.
12. Lilith: A Romance (1895)
    • Included in: Phantastes & Lilith. 1858 & 1895. Introduction by C. S. Lewis. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1964.
13. The Light Princess and Other Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes (1961)
    • The Light Princess and Other Tales: Being the Complete Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. Introduction by Roger Lancelyn Green. 1961. Kelpies. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987.
14. The Complete Fairy Tales. Ed. U. C. Knoepflmacher (1999)
    • The Complete Fairy Tales. Ed. U. C. Knoepflmacher. Penguin Classics. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1999.

Novels:


15. David Elginbrod [aka 'The Tutor's First Love'] (1863)
16. Adela Cathcart (1864)
17. Alec Forbes of Howglen [aka 'The Maiden's Bequest' / 'Alec Forbes and His Friend Annie'] (1865)
18. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood (1867)
19. Guild Court: A London Story (aka 'The Prodigal Apprentice'] (1868)
20. Robert Falconer [aka 'The Musician's Quest'] (1868)
21. The Seaboard Parish (1869)
22. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood [aka 'The Boyhood of Ranald Bannerman'] (1871)
23. Wilfrid Cumbermede (1871)
24. The Vicar's Daughter (1871)
25. The History of Gutta Percha Willie, the Working Genius [aka 'The Genius of Willie MacMichael'] (1873)
26. Malcolm (1875)
27. St. George and St. Michael [aka 'The Last Castle'] (1876)
28. Thomas Wingfold, Curate [aka 'The Curate's Awakening'] (1876)
29. The Marquis of Lossie [aka 'The Marquis' Secret'] (1877)
    • The Marquis of Lossie. 1877. London: Cassell & Co., 1927.
30. Sir Gibbie [aka 'The Baronet's Song'] (1879)
31. Paul Faber, Surgeon [aka 'The Lady's Confession'] (1879)
32. Mary Marston [aka 'A Daughter's Devotion and The Shopkeeper's Daughter'] (1881)
33. Warlock o' Glenwarlock [aka 'Castle Warlock and The Laird's Inheritance'] (1881)
34. Weighed and Wanting [aka 'A Gentlewoman's Choice'] (1882)
35. Donal Grant [aka 'The Shepherd's Castle'] (1883)
36. What's Mine's Mine [aka 'The Highlander's Last Song'] (1886)
37. Home Again: A Tale [aka 'The Poet's Homecoming'] (1887)
38. The Elect Lady [aka 'The Landlady's Master'] (1888)
39. A Rough Shaking [aka 'The Wanderings of Clare Skymer'] (1891)
40. There and Back [aka 'The Baron's Apprenticeship'] (1891)
41. The Flight of the Shadow (1891)
42. Heather and Snow [aka 'The Peasant Girl's Dream'] (1893)
43. Salted with Fire [aka 'The Minister's Restoration'] (1896)
44. Far Above Rubies (1898)

Poetry:


45. Twelve of the Spiritual Songs of Novalis (1851)
46. Within and Without: A Dramatic Poem (1855)
47. Poems (1857)
48. A Hidden Life and Other Poems (1864)
49. The Disciple and Other Poems (1867)
50. Exotics: A Translation of the Spiritual Songs of Novalis, the Hymn-book of Luther, and Other Poems from the German and Italian (1876)
51. Dramatic and Miscellaneous Poems (1876)
52. A Book of Strife, in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul (1880)
53. [with Greville Matheson & John Hill MacDonald] The Threefold Cord: Poems by Three Friends (1883)
54. Poems (1887)
55. The Poetical Works of George MacDonald. 2 vols (1893)
    • The Poetical Works. 2 vols. London: Chatto & Windus, 1911.
56. Scotch Songs and Ballads (1893)
57. Rampolli: Growths from a Long-planted Root (1897)

Non-fiction:


58. Unspoken Sermons (1867)
59. England's Antiphon (1868 & 1874)
60. The Miracles of Our Lord (1870)
61. Cheerful Words from the Writing of George MacDonald. Ed. E. E. Brown (1880)
62. Orts: Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare (1882)
63. 'Preface' to Letters from Hell (1866), by Valdemar Adolph Thisted (1884)
    • 'Preface' to Valdemar Adolph Thisted. Letters from Hell. 1866. Trans. Julie Sutter. 1884. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1911.
64. The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: A Study With the Text of the Folio of 1623 (1885)
65. Unspoken Sermons, Second Series (1885)
66. Unspoken Sermons, Third Series (1889)
67. A Cabinet of Gems, Cut and Polished by Sir Philip Sidney; Now, for the More Radiance, Presented Without Their Setting by George MacDonald (1891)
68. The Hope of the Gospel (1892)
69. A Dish of Orts (1893)
70. Beautiful Thoughts from George MacDonald. Ed. Elizabeth Dougall (1894)
71. George MacDonald: An Anthology. Ed. C. S. Lewis (1946)
    • George MacDonald: An Anthology. Ed. C. S. Lewis. 1946. London: Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press, 1947.

Secondary:


72. Raeper, William. George MacDonald. 1987. Herts, England: A Lion Book, 1988.

I guess most people read him now simply because of the association with C. S. Lewis, but there's certainly some great fairy stories and other works of fantasy there. For a while an American publisher was reissuing all his novels in rewritten form with the Scots taken out - I don't know if successfully or not.

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William Mayne

William James Carter Mayne (1928-2010)

Novels:


1. Follow the Footprints (1953)
   • Follow the Footprints. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes. 1953. Oxford Children’s Library. London: Oxford University Press, 1958.
2. The World Upside Down (1954)
   • The World Upside Down. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1954.
3. The Member for the Marsh (1956)
   • The Member for the Marsh. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. 1956. London: The Children’s Book Club, 1956.
4. The Blue Boat (1957)
5. A Grass Rope (1957)
6. Underground Alley (1958)
7. The Gobbling Billy (1959)
   • [with Dick Caesar] The Gobbling Billy. 1959. Knight Books. Leicester: Brockhampton, 1969.
8. The Glass Ball (1961)
9. The Twelve Dancers (1962)
   • The Twelve Dancers. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. 1962. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964.
10. Sand (1962)
    • Sand. Illustrated by Margery Gill. 1964. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1967.
11. Plot Night (1963)
12. The Changeling (1963)
13. A Parcel of Trees (1963)
    • A Parcel of Trees. Illustrated by Margery Gill. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
14. Underground Alley (1963)
15. Whistling Rufus (1964)
16. No More School (1965)
    • No More School. Illustrated by Peter Warner. 1965. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972.
17. Pig in the Middle (1965)
18. The Battlefield (1967)
    • The Battlefield. Illustrated by Mary Russon. 1967. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971.
19. The Old Zion (1967)
20. Over the Hills and Far Away (1968)
21. The House on Fairmount (1968)
22. The Hill Road (1969)
23. Ravensgill (1970)
    • Ravensgill. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970.
24. A Game of Dark (1971)
    • A Game of Dark. 1971. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
25. Royal Harry (1971)
26. The Incline (1972)
27. Skiffy (1972)
    • Skiffy. Illustrated by Nicholas Fisk. 1972. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1980.
28. A Year and a Day. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska (1976)
29. It (1977)
    • It. 1977. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1980.
30. While the Bells Ring (1979)
31. Winter Quarters (1982)
    • Winter Quarters. Illustrated by Margery Gill. 1982. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.
32. Salt River Times. Illustrated by Elizabeth Honey (1982)
    • Salt River Times. Illustrated by Elizabeth Honey. 1980. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1982.
33. Drift (1985)
34. Gideon Ahoy! (1987)
    • Gideon Ahoy! Illustrated by Chris Molan. 1987. Plus Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1989.
35. Kelpie (1987)
    • Kelpie. London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.
36. Tiger’s Railway (1987)
    • Tiger’s Railway. Illustrated by Juan Wijngaard. London: Walker Books, 1987.
37. Antar and the Eagles (1989)
    • Antar and the Eagles. London: Walker Books, 1989.
38. The Farm that Ran out of Names (1990)
    • The Farm that Ran out of Names. 1990. A Red Fox Book. London: Random Century Children’s Books, 1991.
39. Low Tide (1992)
    • Low Tide. 1992. A Red Fox Book. London: Random Century Children’s Books, 1993.
40. Oh Grandmama. Illustrated by Maureen Bradley (1993)
41. Cuddy (Red Fox, 1994)
42. Bells on her Toes. Illustrated by Maureen Bradley (1994)
43. Lady Muck. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale (1997)
44. Midnight Fair (1997)
45. The Worm in the Well (2002)
    • The Worm in the Well. Hodder Silver Series. London: Hodder Children’s Books, 2002.
46. The Animal Garden (2003)
47. Emily Goes To Market (2004)
48. Every Dog (2009)

Series:


49. Choir School Series (1955-1963)
    1. A Swarm in May (1955)
       • A Swarm in May. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. 1955. Oxford Children’s Library. London: Oxford University Press, 1962.
    2. Choristers' Cake (1956)
       • Chorister’s Cake. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. 1956. London: Oxford University Press, 1960.
    3. Cathedral Wednesday (1960)
       • Cathedral Wednesday. 1960. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1972.
    4. Words and Music (1963)
50. Earthfasts Series (1966-2000)
    1. Earthfasts (1966)
       • Earthfasts. 1966. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969.
    2. Cradlefasts (1995)
    3. Candlefasts (2000)
       • Candlefasts. London: Hodder Children’s Books, 2000.

Short Stories:


51. All the King's Men (1982)
    • All the King’s Men. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
52. The Second Hand Horse (1990)
    • The Second Hand Horse and Other Stories. 1990. Mammoth. London: Mandarin Books, 1992.

Edited:


53. Book of Kings (1964)
    • [with Eleanor Farjeon] The Hamish Hamilton Book of Kings. Illustrated by Victor Ambrus. London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books Ltd., 1964.
54. Book of Queens (1965)
    • [with Eleanor Farjeon] The Hamish Hamilton Book of Queens. Illustrated by Victor Ambrus. London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books Ltd., 1965.
55. Book of Heroes (1967)
    • A Book of Heroes. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska. 1967. Puffin Books, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973.
56. Book of Giants (1968)
    • A Book of Giants. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs. 1968. Puffin Books, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972.

A very interesting test case. Mayne was convicted of sexual offences against children in 2004, and his books were accordingly stripped from the shelves. Does this make him a 'non-person' - or, more to the point, a non-writer - from now on? When you consider the chorus of praise he'd hitherto received, it does seem to raise some vital issues about the nature of literary fame.

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E. Nesbit (c.1890)

Edith Bland [née Nesbit (1858-1924)

Children's Books

The Bastable Series:

The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899)

• The Story of the Treasure-Seekers. Illustrated by Cecil Leslie. 1899. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960.

The Wouldbegoods (1901)

• The Wouldbegoods. Illustrated by Cecil Leslie. 1901. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961.

The New Treasure Seekers (1904)

• The New Treasure-Seekers. 1904. Puffin Books. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1982.

The Adventures of the Treasure Seekers. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. 1947. London: The Folio Society, 1993.

1. The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune (1899)
2. The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1901)
3. The New Treasure Seekers (1904)

Oswald Bastable and Others (1905)

The Psammead series:

Five Children and It (1902)

• Five Children and It. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. 1902. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1970.

The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904)

• The Phoenix and the Carpet. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. 1904. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1973.

The Story of the Amulet (1906)

• The Story of the Amulet. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. 1906. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1969.

The House of Arden series:

The House of Arden (1908)

• The House of Arden. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone & George Buchanan. 1908. Puffin Classics. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987.

Harding's Luck (1909)

• Harding’s Luck. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. 1909. London: Ernest Benn Limited / New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1961.


Novels:


1. The Railway Children (1906)
   • The Railway Children. 1906. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1972.
2. The Enchanted Castle (1907)
   • The Enchanted Castle. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. 1907. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1960.
3. The Magic City (1910)
   • The Magic City. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. 1910. Facsimile Classic Series. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1980.
4. The Wonderful Garden (1911)
   • The Wonderful Garden. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. 1911. London: Ernest Benn Limited / New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1959.
5. Wet Magic (1913)
   • Wet Magic. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. 1913. London: Ernest Benn Limited / New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1958.
6. Five of Us — and Madeline (1925)
   • Five of Us - and Madeline. Illustrated by Nora S. Unwin. 1925. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1931.

Collections:


7. Miss Mischief (1894)
8. Tick Tock, Tales of the Clock (1895)
9. Pussy Tales (1895)
10. Doggy Tales (1895)
11. The Children's Shakespeare (1897) [aka Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (1907)]
12. Royal Children of English History (1897)
13. [with others] Tales Told in the Twilight (1897)
14. The Book of Dogs (1898)
15. Pussy and Doggy Tales (1899)
16. The Book of Dragons (1901)
    • The Complete Book of Dragons. Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. 1901. London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books Ltd., 1972.
17. Nine Unlikely Tales (1901)
    • Nine Unlikely Tales for Children. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. 1901. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1929.
18. The Revolt of the Toys (1902)
19. The Rainbow Queen and Other Stories (1903)
20. Playtime Stories (1903)
21. The Story of Five Rebellious Dolls (1904)
22. [with Rosamund E. Nesbit Bland] Cat Tales (1904)
23. Pug Peter, King of Mouseland (1905)
24. The Old Nursery Stories (1908)
25. The Magic World (1912)
    • The Magic World. Illustrated by H. R. Millar & Spencer Pryse. 1912. Facsimile Classic Series. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1980.
26. Fairy Stories. Ed. Naomi Lewis (1977)
    • Fairy Stories. Ed. Naomi Lewis. Illustrated by Brian Robb. London & Tonbridge: Ernest Benn Limited, 1977.

Books for Adults

Novels:


27. [As Fabian Bland] The Prophet's Mantle (1885)
28. [As Fabian Bland] Something Wrong (1886)
29. [As Fabian Bland] The Marden Mystery (1896)
30. The Secret of Kyriels (1899)
31. The Red House (1902)
32. The Incomplete Amorist (1906)
33. Salome and the Head [aka The House with No Address] (1909)
34. Daphne in Fitzroy Street (1909)
35. Dormant [aka Rose Royal] (1911)
36. The Incredible Honeymoon (1916)
37. The Lark (1922)

Collections:


38. Grim Tales (1893)
39. Something Wrong (1893)
40. "Hurst of Hurstcote" (1893)
41. The Ebony Frame (1893)
42. [with Oswald Barron] The Butler in Bohemia (1894)
43. In Homespun: Stories in English Dialect (1896)
44. Thirteen Ways Home (1901)
45. The Literary Sense (1903)
46. Man and Maid (1906)
47. "The Third Drug" (Strand Magazine, 1908)
48. These Little Ones (1909)
49. Fear (1910)
50. To the Adventurous (1923)

Non-fiction:


51. Wings and the Child, or The Building of Magic Cities (1913)
52. Long Ago When I Was Young (1896-97 / 1966)
    • Long Ago When I Was Young. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone & George Buchanan. 1966. Introduction by Noel Streatfield. London: Beehive Books, 1987.

Poetry:


53. Slave Song (1899)

Secondary:


54. Julia Briggs. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. 1987. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1989.

Some pretty classic stuff here: particularly the Psammead stories and The Enchanted Castle. What's less commonly known is that E. Nesbit has a considerable reputation as a writer of ghost and horror stories, too.

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Tim Powers (2013)

Timothy Thomas Powers (1952- )

Novels:


1. The Skies Discrowned [aka Forsake the Sky, 1986] (1976)
   • Included in: Powers of Two: The Skies Discrowned & An Epitaph in Rust. 1976, 1986, 1989. Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2004.
2. An Epitaph in Rust (1976)
   • Included in: Powers of Two: The Skies Discrowned & An Epitaph in Rust. 1976, 1986, 1989. Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2004.
3. The Drawing of the Dark (1979)
   • The Drawing of the Dark. 1979. London: Granada, 1981.
4. The Anubis Gates (1983)
   • The Anubis Gates. 1983. London: Triad Grafton Books, 1986.
5. Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985)
   • Dinner at Deviant's Palace. 1985. London: Grafton Books, 1987.
6. On Stranger Tides (1987)
   • On Stranger Tides. 1987. New York: Ace Books, 1988.
Polidori series:

The Stress of Her Regard (1989)

• The Stress of Her Regard. 1989. London: HarperCollins, 1991.

Hide Me Among the Graves (2012)

• Hide Me Among the Graves. 2012. Corvus. London: Atlantic Books Ltd., 2013.

Fault Lines series:

Last Call (1992)

• Last Call. Fault Lines, 1. 1993. New York: Avon Books, 1996.

Expiration Date (1995)

• Expiration Date. Fault Lines, 2. London: HarperCollins, 1995.

Earthquake Weather (1997)

• Earthquake Weather. Fault Lines, 3. 1997. London: Orbit, 1998.

7. Declare (2001)
   • Declare. 2001. New York: HarperTorch, 2002.
8. Three Days to Never (2006)
   • Three Days to Never. 2006. William Morrow. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2013.
9. Medusa's Web (2015)
   • Medusa's Web. 2015. Corvus. London: Atlantic Books Ltd., 2016.
Vickery and Castine series:

Alternate Routes (2018)

• Alternate Routes. Vickery & Castine, 1. A Baen Books Original. Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2018. [Uncorrected Proof Copy]

Forced Perspectives (2020)

• Forced Perspectives. Vickery & Castine, 2. A Baen Books Original. Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2020.

Stolen Skies (2022)

• Stolen Skies. Vickery & Castine, 3. A Baen Books Original. Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2022.


Short Story Collections:


10. Night Moves and Other Stories (2000)
    1. Itinerary (1999)
    2. Night Moves (1986)
    3. Pat Moore (2004)
    4. The Way Down the Hill (1982)
    5. Where They Are Hid (1995)
    6. [with James P. Blaylock] The Better Boy (1991)
    7. [with James P. Blaylock] We Traverse Afar (1995)
11. [with James P. Blaylock] The Devils in the Details (2003)
    1. Introduction (Tim Powers)
    2. Through and Through (Tim Powers)
    3. Devil in the Details (James P. Blaylock)
    4. Fifty Cents (James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers)
    5. Mexican Food: An Afterword (James P. Blaylock)
12. Strange Itineraries (2005)
    1. Itinerary (1999)
    2. The Way Down the Hill (1982)
    3. Pat Moore (2004)
    4. [with James P. Blaylock] Fifty Cents (2003)
    5. Through and Through (2003)
    6. [with James P. Blaylock] We Traverse Afar (1995)
    7. Where They Are Hid (1995)
    8. [with James P. Blaylock] The Better Boy (1991)
    9. Night Moves (1986)
    • Strange Itineraries: The Complete Short Stories of Tim Powers. Introduction by Paul Di Filippo. San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, 2005.
13. The Bible Repairman and Other Stories (2011)
    1. The Bible Repairman (2006)
    2. A Soul in a Bottle (2006)
    3. The Hour of Babel (2008)
    4. Parallel Lines (2010)
    5. A Journey of Only Two Paces (2011)
    6. A Time to Cast Away Stones (2008)
    • The Bible Repairman and Other Stories. San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, 2011.
14. Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
    1. Salvage and Demolition (2013)
    2. The Bible Repairman (2006)
    3. Appointment at Sunset (2014)
    4. [with James P. Blaylock] The Better Boy (1991)
    5. Pat Moore (2004)
    6. The Way Down the Hill (1982)
    7. Itinerary (1999)
    8. A Journey of Only Two Paces (2011)
    9. The Hour of Babel (2008)
    10. Where They Are Hid (1995)
    11. [with James P. Blaylock] We Traverse Afar (1995)
    12. Through and Through (2003)
    13. Night Moves (1986)
    14. A Soul in a Bottle (2006)
    15. Parallel Lines (2010)
    16. [with James P. Blaylock] Fifty Cents (2003)
    17. Nobody's Home: An Anubis Gates Story (2014)
    18. A Time to Cast Away Stones (2008)
    19. Down and Out in Purgatory (2016)
    20. Sufficient Unto the Day (2017)
    • Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers. Foreword by David Drake. Introduction by Tony Daniel. 2017. Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2019.

Chapbooks:


15. Night Moves [novella] (1986)
    • Included in: Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
16. [as 'William Ashbless', with James P. Blaylock] The Complete Twelve Hours of the Night (1986)
17. [by Phil Garland] A Short Poem by William Ashbless (1987)
18. Where They Are Hid [novella] (1995)
    • Included in: Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
19. [as 'William Ashbless', with James P. Blaylock] On Pirates (2001)
20. [as 'William Ashbless', with James P. Blaylock] The William Ashbless Memorial Cookbook (2002)
21. The Bible Repairman [novella] (2006)
    • Included in: Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
22. Nine Sonnets by Francis Thomas Marrity (2006)
23. A Soul in a Bottle [novella] (2006)
    • Included in: Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
24. Three Sonnets by Cheyenne Fleming (2007)
25. A Time to Cast Away Stones (2008)
    • Included in: Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
26. 'Death of a Citizen.' In A Comprehensive Dual Bibliography of James P. Blaylock & Tim Powers, by Silver Smith (2012)
27. Salvage and Demolition [novella] (2013)
    • Included in: Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
28. Nobody's Home [novella] (2014)
    • Included in: Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
29. Appointment on Sunset [novella] (2014)
    • Included in: Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
30. Down and Out in Purgatory [novella] (2016)
    • Included in: Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
31. More Walls Broken [novella] (2019)
32. The Properties of Rooftop Air [novella] (2020)

Secondary:


33. [Katz, Brad. “An Interview with Tim Powers (21/2/96).” Brow Magazine (1996).]

Once you're hooked, it's hard to stop reading him. The Anubis Gates remains his most thoroughly successful fantasy, though, I suspect.

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Mary Stewart

Lady Mary Florence Elinor Stewart [née Rainbow] (1916-2014)

Novels:


1. Madam, Will You Talk? (1955)
   • Madam, Will You Talk? 1955. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1971.
2. Wildfire at Midnight (1956)
   • Wildfire at Midnight. 1956. Coronet Books. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1974.
3. Thunder on the Right (1957)
   • Thunder on the Right. 1957. Coronet Books. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1972.
4. Nine Coaches Waiting (1958)
   • Nine Coaches Waiting. 1958. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964.
5. My Brother Michael (1959)
   • My Brother Michael. 1959. Coronet Books. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1973.
6. The Ivy Tree (1961)
   • The Ivy Tree. 1961. Coronet Books. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1975.
7. The Moon-Spinners (1962)
   • The Moonspinners. 1962. Coronet Books. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1973.
8. This Rough Magic (1964)
   • This Rough Magic. 1964. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966.
9. Airs Above the Ground (1965)
   • Airs Above the Ground. London: Readers Book Club, 1965.
10. The Gabriel Hounds (1967)
    • The Gabriel Hounds. 1967. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1968.
11. The Wind Off the Small Isles (1968)
    • The Wind off the Small Isles. Illustrated by Laurence Irving. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1968.
12. Touch Not the Cat (1976)
    • Touch Not the Cat. 1976. Coronet Books. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1977.
13. Thornyhold (1988)
14. Stormy Petrel (1991)
    • Stormy Petrel. London: BCA, by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton, 1991.
15. The Prince and the Pilgrim (1995)
    • The Prince and the Pilgrim. 1995. Coronet Books. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.
16. Rose Cottage (1997)

Series:


17. The Merlin Chronicles (1970-1983)
    1. The Crystal Cave (1970)
       • The Crystal Cave. 1970. Hodder Paperbacks. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1971.
    2. The Hollow Hills (1973)
       • The Hollow Hills. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973.
    3. The Last Enchantment (1979)
       • The Last Enchantment. 1979. Coronet Books. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1980.
    4. The Wicked Day (1983)
       • The Wicked Day. 1983. Coronet Books. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984.

Children's novels:


18. The Little Broomstick (1971)
    • The Little Broomstick. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes. Leicester: Brockhampton Press Ltd., 1971.
19. Ludo and the Star Horse (1974)
    • Ludo and the Star Horse. Illustrated by Gino D’Achille. Leicester: Brockhampton Press Ltd., 1974.
20. A Walk in Wolf Wood (1980)
21. The Castle of Danger (1981)

Poetry:


22. Frost on the Window: And other Poems (1990)

Much though I liked the first of her 'Merlin' novels, The Crystal Cave, it took me quite a while to try any of her other books. I was surprised at how entertaining they were, though - and the children's books are excellent, also.

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner (1893-1978)

Novels:


1. Lolly Willowes (1926)
   • Lolly Willowes. 1926. London: Penguin, 1937.
2. Mr Fortune's Maggot (1927)
   • Mr Fortune’s Maggot. 1927. London: Virago, 1978.
3. The True Heart (1929)
   • The True Heart. 1929. London: Virago, 1978.
4. Summer Will Show (1936)
   • Summer Will Show. 1936. Introduction by Claire Harman. New York: Penguin Books / Virago Press, 1987.
5. After the Death of Don Juan (1938)
   • After the Death of Don Juan. 1938. Introduction by Wendy Mulford. London: Virago, 1989.
6. The Corner That Held Them (1948)
   • The Corner That Held Them. 1948. Introduction by Claire Harman. London: Virago, 1988.
7. The Flint Anchor [aka The Barnards of Loseby] (1954)
   • The Flint Anchor. 1954. Introduction by Claire Harman. London: Virago Modern Classics, 1997.

Short Story Collections:


8. The Maze: A Story To Be Read Aloud (1928)
9. Some World Far From Ours; and Stay, Corydon, Thou Swain (1929)
10. Elinor Barley (1930)
11. A Moral Ending and Other Stories (1931)
12. The Salutation (1932)
13. More Joy in Heaven and Other Stories (1935)
14. [with Graham Greene and James Laver] 24 Short Stories (1939)
15. The Cat's Cradle Book (1940)
16. A Garland of Straw and Other Stories (1943)
17. The Museum of Cheats (1947)
    • The Museum of Cheats and Other Stories. London: Chatto & Windus, 1947.
18. Winter in the Air and Other Stories (1955)
19. A Spirit Rises (1962)
20. A Stranger with a Bag and Other Stories [aka Swans on an Autumn River] (1966)
21. The Innocent and the Guilty (1971)
    • The Innocent and the Guilty. London: Chatto & Windus, 1971.
22. Kingdoms of Elfin (1977)
    • Kingdoms of Elfin. 1977. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979.
23. One Thing Leading to Another and Other Stories. Ed. Susanna Pinney (1984)
    • One Thing Leading to Another. Ed. Susanna Pinney. London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1984.
24. Selected Stories. Ed. Susanna Pinney & William Maxwell (1988)
    • Selected Stories. Ed. Susanna Pinney & William Maxwell. 1989. London: Virago, 1990.
25. The Music at Long Verney (2001)
    • The Music at Long Verney: Twenty Stories. Ed. Michael Steinman. Foreword by William Maxwell. London: The Harvill Press, 2001.
26. Dorset Stories (2006)
27. Of Cats and Elfins (2019)
28. English Climate: Wartime Stories (2020)

Poetry:


29. The Espalier (1925)
30. Time Importuned (1928)
31. Opus 7 (1931)
32. [with Valentine Ackland] Whether a Dove or Seagull (1933)
33. Boxwood. Wood engravings by Reynolds Stone (1957)
34. Collected Poems (1982)
    • Collected Poems. Ed. Claire Harman. Manchester: Carcanet New Press / New York: The Viking Press, 1982.
35. Selected Poems (1985)
36. New Collected Poems (2008)

Miscellaneous:


37. With The Hunted: Sylvia Townsend Warner - Selected Writings. Ed. Peter Tolhurst (2012)

Non-Fiction:


38. T. H. White: A Biography (1967)
    • T. H. White: A Biography. London: Jonathan Cape / Chatto & Windus, 1967.
39. Scenes of Childhood (1982)

Translated:


40. Marcel Proust. On Art and Literature, 1896-1919 (1957)
    • Marcel Proust: On Art and Literature, 1896-1919. 1954. Trans. 1957. Greenwich Editions. New York: Meridian Books, Inc., 1958.
41. Marcel Proust. By Way of Sainte-Beuve (1958)
    • Marcel Proust: By Way of Sainte-Beuve. 1954. Trans. 1958. Introduction by Terence Kilmartin. London: The Hogarth Press, 1984.

Edited:


42. [with Percy Buck, E. H. Fellowes, & A. Ramsbotham] Tudor Church Music. 10 vols. (Oxford, 1929)
    1. Taverner Masses
    2. Byrd Services etc.
    3. Taverner motets
    4. Gibbons services and anthems
    5. Whyte
    6. Tallis
    7. Byrd Graduals
    8. Tomkins services, etc.
    9. Byrd masses, etc.
    10. Merbecke, Aston, and Parsley.

Letters & Journals:


43. Letters. Ed. William Maxwell. London: Chatto & Windus, 1982.
44. The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Ed. Claire Harman. London: Chatto & Windus, 1994.
45. I'll Stand by You: Selected Letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland, with Narrative by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Ed. Susanna Pinney. Pimlico. London: Random House Ltd., 1998.
46. The Element of Lavishness: Letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner and William Maxwell. Ed. Michael Steinman (2001)
47. Sylvia and David – The Townsend Warner/Garnett Letters. Ed. Richard Garnett (1994)
48. Cousin and Friend: Sylvia Townsend Warner, Letters to Rachel 1950-1952. Ed. Rachel Monckton-How & Moira Rutherford (2011)
49. The Akeing Heart: Letters Between Sylvia Townsend Warner, Valentine Ackland, and Elizabeth Wade White. Ed. Peter Haring Judd (2018)

Secondary:


50. Ackland, Valentine. For Sylvia: An Honest Account. Foreword by Bea Howe. 1985. London: Chatto & Windus Ltd., 1989.
51. Ackland, Valentine. Journey from Winter: Selected Poems (2008)
52. Harman, Claire. Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography. London: Chatto & Windus, 1989.
53. Mulford, Wendy. This Narrow Place: Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland, 1930-1951 (1988)

Brilliant at her best: the chilly Stalinism of her work in the late 1930s is a little offputting, but she certainly made up for it later.

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T. H. White

Terence Hanbury ['Tim' / T. H.] White (1906-1964)

Poetry:


1. Loved Helen (1929)
   • [Loved Helen and Other Poems. London: Chatto & Windus, 1929.]
2. The Green Bay Tree (1929)
3. A Joy Proposed. Ed. Kurth Sprague (1980)
   • A Joy Proposed: Poems. Ed. Kurth Sprague. 1980. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.

Fiction:


4. [with R. McNair Scott] Dead Mr Nixon (1931)
5. [as James Aston] First Lesson (1932)
6. [as James Aston] They Winter Abroad (1932)
7. Darkness at Pemberley (1932)
8. Farewell Victoria (1933)
   • Farewell Victoria. 1933. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1945.
9. Earth Stopped (1934)
   • Earth Stopped, or Mr. Marx’s Sporting Tour. London: Collins, 1934.
10. Gone to Ground (1935)
11. The Sword in the Stone (1938)
    • The Sword in the Stone. 1938. London: Collins, 1945.
12. The Witch in the Wood (1939)
13. The Ill-Made Knight (1940)
14. Mistress Masham's Repose (1946)
    • Mistress Masham’s Repose. London: Jonathan Cape, 1947.
    • Mistress Masham’s Repose. 1947. The New Windmill Series. London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1968.
15. The Elephant and the Kangaroo (1947)
    • The Elephant and the Kangaroo. London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.
16. The Master: An Adventure Story (1957)
    • The Master: An Adventure Story. 1957. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976.
17. The Once and Future King (1958)
    1. The Sword in the Stone (1938)
    2. The Queen of Air and Darkness (1939)
    3. The Ill-Made Knight (1940)
    4. The Candle in the Wind (1958)
    • The Once and Future King. London: Collins, 1958.
    • The Once and Future King. 1958. Fontana Books. London: Collins, 1967.
18. The Book of Merlyn (1977)
    • The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to the Once and Future King. Prologue by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Illustrations by Trevor Stubley. 1977. London: Fontana / Collins, 1978.
19. The Maharajah and Other Stories: from Earth Stopped (1934) and Gone to Ground (1935). Ed. Kurth Sprague (1981)
    • The Maharajah and Other Stories. Ed. Kurth Sprague. 1981. London: Futura, 1983.
20. The Once and Future King (1996)
    1. The Sword in the Stone (1938)
    2. The Witch in the Wood (1939)
    3. The Ill-Made Knight (1940)
    4. The Candle in the Wind (1958)
    5. The Book of Merlyn (1977)
    • The Once and Future King. 1939, 1940, 1958, 1977. HarperVoyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.

Non-fiction:


21. England Have My Bones (1936)
    • England Have My Bones. 1936. St. James’s Library. London: Collins, 1952.
    • England Have My Bones. 1936. Heritage. London: Macdonald Futura Publishers, 1982.
22. Burke's Steerage, or, The Amateur Gentleman’s Introduction to Noble Sports and Pastimes (1938)
23. The Age of Scandal (1950)
    • The Age of Scandal: an Excursion through a Minor Period. 1950. London: Jonathan Cape, 1951.
24. The Goshawk (1951)
    • The Goshawk. 1951. With diagrams from sketches by the author and specially illustrated for RU by Ralph Thompson. London: Readers Union Ltd. / Jonathan Cape, 1953.
    • The Goshawk. 1951. Penguin Modern Classics. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975.
25. The Scandalmonger (1952)
    • The Scandalmonger. London: Jonathan Cape, 1952.
26. The Book of Beasts (1954)
    • The Bestiary: a Book of Beasts. 1954. New York: Capricorn Books, 1960.
27. The Godstone and the Blackymor (1959)
    • The Godstone and the Blackymor. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. 1959. London: The Reprint Society, 1960.
28. America at Last (1965)

Letters:


29. The White / Garnett Letters. Ed. David Garnett (1968)
30. Letters to a Friend: The Correspondence Between T. H. White and L. J. Potts (1984)
    • Letters to a Friend: The Correspondence between T. H. White and L. J. Potts. Ed. François Gallix. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1984.

Secondary:


31. Warner, Sylvia Townsend. T. H. White: A Biography. London: Jonathan Cape / Chatto & Windus, 1967.

Certainly he had his peculiarities, but even if you left his undoubted masterpiece, The Once and Future King, to one side, you'd still have such achievements as Mistress Masham's Repose and The Goshawk to marvel at.

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