Further Reading

 

Here are some of the sources that I’ve used for my articles:

Butler, Charles (2006) Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children’s Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones and Susan Cooper

Carpenter, Humphrey (1977) J R R Tolkien: A Biography

Cooper, Susan (1996) Dreams and Wishes: Essays on Writing for Children

Day, David (1991) Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopaedia

Gaiman, Neil (2016) The View from the Cheap Seats

Garner, Alan (1997) The Voice That Thunders

Haber, Karen (2001) Meditations on Middle Earth

Le Guin, Ursula (2016) Words Are My Matter

Lively, Penelope (2013) Ammonites & Leaping Fish

McCabe, Joseph (2004) Hanging Out With The Dream King: conversations with Neil Gaiman and his collaborators

Mendlesohn, Farah (2012) The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature

Morse, Donald E. (2011) The Mythic Fantasy of Robert Holdstock

Shippey, Tom (1982) The Road to Middle Earth

Shippey, Tom (2000) J R R Tolkien: Author of the Century

Taylor, Chris (2014) How Star Wars Conquered the Universe

Ward, Michael (2010) The Narnia Code

Ward, Michael (2007) Planet Narnia

Wynne Jones, Diana (2012) Reflections

Here’s a few links to the web/blogsites of fellow writers and artists whom I admire:

Tad Williams: http://www.tadwilliams.com/

Kristine Kathryn Rusch: http://www.kristinekathrynrusch.com/

Michael Moorcock: http://www.multiverse.org/

Guy Gavriel Kay: http://www.brightweavings.com/index.htm

Terri Windling: http://www.terriwindling.com/

Charles Vess: http://www.greenmanpress.com/

Ellen Datlow: http://www.datlow.com/

Frank Herbert: http://www.arrakis.co.uk/

David Gemmell (Legend Awards): http://gemmellaward.com/

S M Stirling: http://www.smstirling.com/

Charles de Lint: http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/

Neil Gaiman: http://www.neilgaiman.com/

Terry Brooks: http://www.terrybrooks.net/

Robert Silverberg: http://www.majipoor.com/

Alan Garner: http://alangarner.atspace.org/

George R R Martin: http://georgerrmartin.com/

Mervyn Peake: http://www.mervynpeake.org/gormenghast/

Philip K Dick: http://www.philipkdick.com/

J R R Tolkien: http://www.tolkien-online.com/

C S Lewis: http://www.cslewis.com/

Orson Scott Card: http://www.hatrack.com/

Brandon Sanderson: http://www.brandonsanderson.com/

Robert Jordan/Wheel of Time: http://www.dragonmount.com/

Terry Pratchett: http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/

Robin Hobb: http://robinhobb.com/

Ursula Le Guin: http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

Robert Holdstock: http://robertholdstock.com/

Amanda Hemingway (Jan Siegel): http://www.amandahemingway.co.uk/

Freda Warrington: http://www.fredawarrington.com/

William Horwood: http://www.williamhorwood.co.uk/

Lord Dunsany: http://www.dunsany.net/18th.htm

Howard Shore: http://www.howardshore.com/

Stephen King: http://www.stephenking.com/index.html

John Howe: http://www.john-howe.com/blog/

Anne McCaffrey: http://pernhome.com/pern/