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    Top 100 Fantasy Authors (How Many Have You Read?)

    16, but have most on my 'to do' list - i'm surprised at who isn't on the list to be honest - someone mentioned Moorcock, - William Gibson, Philip K Dick anyone? (unless they're defining fantasy as 'has magic and / or swords and stuff in it).
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    Who Are Your Top 10 Fantasy Authors

    He only has the one full lenght novel so far - Road of Skulls which i really enjoyed - gives a tantalizing glimpse of Gotrek's earlier life. He has some short stories in various anthologies - Charnel Congress, Berthold's Beard which you can get individually as ebook versions from the Black...
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    Who Are Your Top 10 Fantasy Authors

    1. Terry Pratchett 2. Douglas Adams 3. George R R Martin 4. David Gemmell 5. Dan Abnett 6. Graham McNeill 7. Not so much an individual author, but GW/Black Library's Trollslayer series (William King, Nathan Long, Josh Reynolds et al) 8. Michael Moorcock 9. Mary Gentle 10. Sandy Mitchell...
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    Early Modern Setting in a Fantasy Novel?

    Michael Moorcock's The War Hound and the Worlds Pain A mercenary captain during the 30 Years War makes a deal with the Devil -I really enjoyed, haven't picked it up in a while though. War Hound and the World's Pain: Michael Moorcock: 9780450056031: Amazon.com: Books ThinkerX mentioned Mary...
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    Word Association Game

    Bat Mobile
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    Word Association Game

    Pardon Absolution
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    Kill this Thread

    But would you consider knowledge of such hedonistic savagery and sensualist ecstasy overated also?
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    Word Association Game

    Witch Which?
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    Word Association Game

    Twins Evil
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    Word Association Game

    Nurse Uniform
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    Knights of Badassdom

    Verily I must seest this. Huzzah!
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    Help With a Few Names

    I agree about people skirting around naming something they fear or don't understand. What about something like 'The Mysteries' or The Other Arts? Is the beast one of kind, semi-mythical creature, or is there a species of giant cat you're looking for a name for? If it's one of kind, then how...
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    Master Or Mistress?

    Master wouldn't seem right to me at all - Mistress would be a more (if not thecorrect form of address). How about Madam / Madame? I don't know if that implies a woman considerably older and / or married though.
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    effects of magic in modern day

    Or if not kill, then regulate, control and exploit - various government and / or private agencies set up to utilize new sources of power and counter potential supernatural and paranormal threats. New sub-cultures and underclasses composed of the refugees from the other realms - criminal gangs...
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    Evolution of language?

    It's possible that even if they don't speak each others dialect of Scots Gaelic / Scots English they might share a common language in the form of either Latin or French, especially if they are both of noble birth
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