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1. Born in 1824, Scottish author George MacDonald is one of dcpddc478's favorite fantasy authors. She suggests that the other llamas might truly enjoy which of the following novels that is centered around a haunted library and is named after a figure in Jewish mythology?
2. One of kaddarsgirl's favorite fantasy novels is a story about true love between a princess and a farm boy, and about a prince trying to start a war between Florin and Guilder. Which 1973 novel by William Goldman did she recommend, with such famous locations as the Fire Swamp and the Pit of Despair?
3. Mention fantasy, and looney_tunes immediately responds 'Terry Pratchett'. Which of these titles was the first written for his series about Discworld?
4. Shorthumbz never enjoyed fantastic fiction until discovering which series by Diana Gabaldon, which blends fantasy with history, adventure, mystery, and good old romance in 18th century Scotland?
5. "I don't care too much for medieval fantasy," Kyle says. "But George R. R. Martin has me hooked with Westeros." Which series does Kyle assert is a good read, despite its length and despite the fact that you could just watch the HBO TV show about it and call it a day?
6. When reedy was asked to recommend a fantasy book for the Llama Book Club he immediately found himself in a quandary. Which of his favourite author's books should he recommend? After some time, reedy settled on the one about the thieving crew that is hired to overthrow the Lord Ruler, who has ruled for 1,000 years after defeating the Hero of prophecy. With magic systems called allomancy, feruchemy and hemalurgy, which Brandon Sanderson novel did reedy finally choose?
7. Rowena8482 loves a nice epic fantasy series, and one of her favourites took no less than 23 years to be published, from the first volume "Daggerspell" (1986) to the last volume "The Silver Mage" (2009).
Who wrote the wonderful "Celtic Knot" of a tale that is the "Deverry Sequence"?
8. Dcpddc478's second suggestion for an interesting fantasy novel involved which 1950 post-apocalyptic novel by Jack Vance?
9. Kaddarsgirl could not content herself with bringing just one fantasy novel to the Book Club gathering. This time she presents the epic tale of King Arthur, focusing on the lives of the women of Avalon. Central to the tale is Arthur's half sister Morgaine, also called Morgan le Fay, who is a priestess in Avalon. Which of the following Arthurian novels, written by Marion Zimmer Bradley, tells Morgaine's tale?
10. When it came to be salami_swami's turn to recommend a fantasy book, he thought of nothing but "The Looking Glass Wars" trilogy. These stories tell the 'true' story of a character from which of these classic tales?
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