![]() Since I'm strongly in favor of including something by Butler, though, I'll go along with GirlMisanthrope on Fledgling. For an alternative choice by Butler, there's Kindred, which she herself personally considered "fantasy" since there's no science in it (but I've yet to read Kindred so I want to be careful on recommending it). I have a little bit of a question just how "fantasy" Fledgling is versus sci-fi, but I think it could possibly fit into the"urban" fantasy genre to some degree. My personal vote is strongly in favor of including something by Octavia Butler so to that extent GirlMisanthrope and I agree. I might consider Lewis's Till We Have Faces, however. Lucy doesn't really come into her own as a protagonist until The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. ![]() Lucy, charming though she is, has to share the spotlight with her siblings, and, in fact, Edmund is far more central to the story as a whole than she is. Though I like it a great deal, I really want this last work to be centered on a female protagonist. I'm afraid The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is out. (I don't care for the genre as a whole.) I haven't read Fledgling yet, but as I understand it, Octavia Butler is one of the most significant and profound female voices in sci-fi. What's her best shorter stuff?ĥ: I do love The War for the Oaks and it's just about the only urban fantasy I would even consider putting on my list. I don't know much about Bradley's work beyond The Mists of Avalon, and that's much too long. I've included The Hobbit on my prospectives list largely because you can't talk about the modern fantasy genre without touching on Tolkien, and The Lord of the Rings is too long to allow for the inclusion of anything else.Ĥ: The Blue Sword may be worth consideration. ![]() I'm in my forties and I still enjoy reading Watership Down immensely. 3: The books can be just about any age level.
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