#70s fantasy

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Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey

Cover art by Elizabeth Malczynski

Bantam 1977

For centuries, the world of Pern has faced a destructive force known as Thread. But the number of magnificent dragons who have protected this world and the men and women who ride them are dwindling.

As fewer dragons ride the winds and destruction falls from the sky, Menolly has only one to sing, play, and weave the music that comes to her so easily—she wishes to become a Harper. But despite her great talents, her father believes that a young girl is unworthy of such a respected position and forbids her to pursue her dreams. So Menolly runs away, taking shelter in a cave by the sea. Miraculously, she happens upon nine fire lizards that could possibly save her world...and change her life forever.

[apocalypse-polakiewicz]

Alun Hood

[closedreamscape]

"Growing up doesn't mean leaving childhood behind. It means seeing the world through childs eyes, but knowing how to rationally react with adult maturity."

- Unknown

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Les Gloutonnes (1975)

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Kull the Conqueror art by Michael Whelan, 1975

[literarydialect]

i'm normal for tanith lee trust

How the heck is there not more talk about Tanith Lee??

Like my gosh, the woman wrote, according to her wiki, 90 books, over 300 short stories, two World Fantasy Awards, and was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award/Augus Derleth Award and wrote for tv shows.

Like, it's not like she just wrote a heck ton but wasn't very good! She was clearly very good she won awards, and i've read a swath of her stuff across different genres and really enjoyed most of it. I mean that even if not each one has been my cup of tea I can at least appreciate the skill and quite a lot I have truly enjoyed. She's got great prose and style and imagination. Not everything obviously was a banger, but they've all been at least well written, which is harder to come by in writing than you might think.

But nobody ever seems to talk about her?? And I feel like the fantasy crowd on here would really enjoy her stuff. The woman has done stuff in pretty much every genre from what I can see, but I never see her listed on fantasy authors like Clive Barker or Diana Wynne Jones or Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett or Diane Duane even though she was writing at the same time and has a similar sort of '80s Doing Cool Stuff with Fantasy vibe' I feel like people who like those authors would enjoy though she's very much her own style of author.

Anyway this was really just me putting out a rant that such a prolific and talented author seems to have fallen by the wayside and I think it's really a shame

Heck she even did a witch-queen fighting againt vampire Snow White a whole decade before Neil Gaiman did his phenomenal Snow Glass Apples and it's also excellent, give a look here:

[neonknight]

The Lord of the Rings acrylic paintings (70s) by Tim and Greg Hildebrandt

[judgeitbyitscover]

Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey

Cover art by Gino D'Ancille

Ballantine 1971

Another Turn, and the deadly silver Threads began falling again. So the bold dragonriders took to the air once more and their magnificent flying dragons swirled and swooped, belching flames that destroyed the shimmering strands before they reach the ground.

But F'lar knew he had to find a better way to protect his beloved Pern, and he had to find it before the rebellious Oldtimers could breed anymore dissent... before his brother F'nor would be foolhardy enough to launch another suicide mission... and before those dratted fire-lizards could stir up any more trouble!

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[daytrippergilmour]

How it feels listening to 70s prog rock

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Les Gloutonnes (1975)

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[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Land of Froud - art by Brian Froud (1976)

[technicallyclassyperfection]

Steinar Lund, Morris Scott Dollens, Ray Feibush, and Robert McCall.

[vermontdeli]

“The blood jet is poetry, There is no stopping it.” 

-Sylvia Plath

[judgeitbyitscover]

Chronicles in Amber (1970-1991) by Roger Zelaney

Cover art by Tim White

Mass Market paperback editions: Avon Books, 1986-1992

Chronicles in Amber books in order

Nine Princes in Amber (1970)

The Guns of Avalon (1972)

Sign of the Unicorn (1975)

The Hand of Oberon (1976)

The Courts of Chaos (1978)

Trumps of Doom (1985)

Blood of Amber (1986)

Sign of Chaos (1987)

Knight of Shadows (1989)

Prince of Chaos (1991)