shaymond
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Sebastien de Castell:
What is your first fantasy book of memory? And what is your favorite fantasy book of all time?
Sebastien de Castell
First fantasy book I was ever exposed to was The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, as read to me by my sister. That story pretty much changed my life, as it did with so many other people I've met over the years.
I don't think I have a favourite fantasy novel of all time. Oddly enough, I'm not someone who reads a great deal of fantasy, in part, I think, because I write it and I find my writerly brain gets confused when I ask it to both consume and create fantasy stories.
That said, I think perhaps the novel that's stuck with me the most – despite my only having read it once – is either A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay or Moonheart by Charles de Lint. Very different subgenres of fantasy, but both created worlds as vivid and compelling to my adult self as Narnia was to my childhood.
I don't think I have a favourite fantasy novel of all time. Oddly enough, I'm not someone who reads a great deal of fantasy, in part, I think, because I write it and I find my writerly brain gets confused when I ask it to both consume and create fantasy stories.
That said, I think perhaps the novel that's stuck with me the most – despite my only having read it once – is either A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay or Moonheart by Charles de Lint. Very different subgenres of fantasy, but both created worlds as vivid and compelling to my adult self as Narnia was to my childhood.
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