4th Street Fantasy 2018 Book List
4th Street Fantasy panels provide a list books pertinent to the discussion.
All the Things We Do That Aren’t Smashing Things
Mary Robinette Kowal, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Chelsea Polk, Abra Staffin Wiebe, John Wiswell (M)
- Witchmark by C. L. Polk
- China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
- The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Homer
- Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
- Lifelode by Jo Walton
- Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
- A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit
- Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
- Sector General (series) by James White
- Dick Francis
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
- Terry Pratchett
- Pacific edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Maxx (comic book series) by Sam Kieth
- Mad Max: Fury Road
In Consideration of Smashing Things, and What Follows
John Appel, Tim Boerger (M), Aimee Kuzenski, Sloane Talest, Blair Woodall
- Schlock Mercenary (web comic) by Howard Tayler
- Born to the Blade (series) by Marie Brennan, Cassandra Khaw, Malka Older, and Michael R. Underwood
- Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
- Tremontaine by Ellen Kushner
- Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee
- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (series) by Stephen R. Donaldson
- On Killing by Dave Grossman
- A Song of Ice and Fire (series) by George R. R. Martin
- The Black Company by Glen Cook
- A Small Colonial War by Robert Frezza
- The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Marko Kloos
- The Armored Saint by Myke Cole
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
- Stranger by Rachel Brown and Sherwood Smith
- Cold Iron by Stina Leich
- Ash : A Secret History by Mary Gentle
- Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
- City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
- The Divine Cities (trilogy) by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Emberverse (series) by S. M. Stirling
- The Healer’s War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
- A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Borderline by Mishell Baker
- Behind the Throne by K. B. Wagers
- Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
- Jerry Pournelle
Rebuilding the Mystery: Rejecting Rules for Magic
Casey Blair (M), Max Gladstone, Chelsea Polk, Caroline Stevermer, Django Wexler
- The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Mistborn (series) by Brandon Sanderson
- Hercules stories by various authors
- Superman (comic series) by various creators
- The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip
- The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Wheel of Time (series) by Robert Jordan
- Leo Tolstoy
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Fritz Leiber
- Madeleine L’Engle
- The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
- Thor myths by various authors
- Dragon Ball Z (anime) by Akira Toriyama
- Teller Speaks! about the neuroscience of magic
- Witchmark by C. L. Polk
- The Compleat Enchanter by Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp
- Miscellaneous urban fantasy books
- Spider-man (comic series) by Marvel Comics
The Craft of Cutting Out: Using Reductive and Restrictive Tools
John Chu, Mary Robinette Kowal (M), Arkady Martine, Caroline Stevermer
- Clarkesworld Magazine
- The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson
- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
- “Uncleftish Beholding” by Poul Anderson
- Of Noble Family by Mary Robinette Kowal
- “Sometimes Writers Block is really Depression” by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Sorcery and Cecelia by Caroline Stevermer and Patricia Wrede
- The Last Hot Time by John M. Ford
You Don’t Own Me: Concepts of Freedom in the Work of John M. Ford
Pamela Dean, Marissa Lingen, Elise Matthesen (M), Teresa Nielsen Hayden
- Web of Angels
- The Last Hot Time
- Heat of Fusion and Other Stories
- How Much for Just the Planet?
- The Princes of the Air
- The Dragon Waiting
- Stories from the shared world of Liavek
- Growing Up Weightless
- The Final Reflection
- The Scholars of Night
Complicity and Consequence in Interactive Narrative: Press ‘D’ to Feel Guilty!
Max Gladstone (M), Scott Lynch, Cat Manning, John Wiswell
- Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Monopoly
- Hotline Miami
- Wing Commander 3
- Only You Can Save Mankindby Terry Pratchett
- Serial Cleaner
- Tropico
- Shrouded Isle
- Prison Architect
- This War of Mine
- A Russian Valentine by empty fortress
- Life is Strange
- Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
- Batman by DC Comics
- Shadowrun: Dragonfall
- Bioshock
- Pathologic
- INSIDE
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Mass Effect
- Knights of the Old Republic
- Fallout
- Save One More
- Papers Please
- Frostpunk
- Richard III by William Shakespeare
- Choice of the Deathless
- Long Live the Queen
- “The House at the End of the Lane is Dreaming” by A. Merc Rustad
- Harmonia by Liza Daly
- Will Not Let Me Go
- Sword Art Online
- Tyranny
- Subnautica
Talking Across Ten Thousand Years
John Appel, Elizabeth Bear, Casey Blair, Marissa Lingen (M), Patrick Nielsen Hayden
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Who Put This $#@!! Balrog Lair in the Middle of a Sewer Line? (Alternate Title: Life in the Temporary Topmost Layer)
Elizabeth Bear, Ben Kinney, Arkady Martine(M), Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Vivian Shaw
- Elizabeth Bear
- Stone Mad
- Ancestral Night
- The Red-Stained Wings
- Skies of Wonder, Skies of Danger (anthology) by John Appel and more
- Tea Princess Chronicles by Casey Blair
- The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander
- Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn
- Pern books by Anne McCaffery
- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
- Darmok : Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
- Harlan Jay Ellison
- A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
- Lockstep by Karl Schroeder
- Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
- Against a Dark Background by Iain Banks
- Gateway novels by Frederik Pohl
- “History Lesson” by Arthur C. Clarke
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
- The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
- Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson
- 40,000 in Gehenna by C. J. Cherryh
- Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
- Heechee Rendezvous by Frederik Pohl
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- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- Thud! by Terry Pratchett
- The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
- A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
- The Doctrine of Labyrinths (series) by Sarah Monette
- Hellblazer (comic series) by Vertigo Comics
- Forerunner by Andre Norton
- Gentleman Bastard (series) by Scott Lynch
- Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear
- The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper
- Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
- Hild by Nicola Griffith
- Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly
- Tithe by Holly Black
- Zero History by William Gibson
Literally Killing Figurative Characters
Stella Evans, Scott Lynch (M), Ginger Weil, Vivian Shaw
- The Wheel of Time (series) by Robert Jordan
- Transformers (movie)
- The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher
- The White Mountains
- The City of Gold and Lead
- The Pool of Fire
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
- The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
- Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw
- Misery by Stephen King
- Rocket Man (TV series)
- Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw
- James Bond (series) by Ian Fleming
- The Empire Strikes Back
- For Better or For Worse (comic strip) by Lynn Johnston
- 87th Precinct (series) by Ed McBain
- Bitter End by Rex Stout
- The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce
- Madeleine L’Engle
- Horatio Hornblower (series) by C. S. Forester
- Lord Peter Wimsey (series) by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Jenny Casey (series) by Elizabeth Bear
- Hammered
- Scardown
- Worldwired
- Sherlock Holmes (series) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Teen Wolf (TV Series)
- Poirot (series) by Agatha Christie
- Ariadne Oliver (character)
- Spenser (series) by Robert B. Parker
- The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant by Jeffrey Ford
- Joe Abercrombie
- “Umney’s Last Case” by Stephen King
- The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett
- DC Comics
- Marvel Comics
- Pegasus by Robin McKinley
- Melanie Rawn
- The Architect of Sleep by Steve Boyett
- The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey by Patrick O’Brian
- The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander (book vs movie)
- Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
- FixitFic http://lousysharkbutt.tumblr.com/
Grim Times, Bright Tidings
John Chu, Alex Haist (M), Jennifer Mace, Reuben Poling, Paul Weimer
- Be the Serpent (podcast)
- Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
- Iron Council by China Miéville
- William Shakespeare
- King Lear
- Much Ado About Nothing
- The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
- “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Urinetown (musical) by Greg Kotis
- Hadestown (album) by Anaïs Mitchell
- Fallout: Equestria by Kkat
- Steven Universe (animated series) by Cartoon Network
- The Green Dark Sea ?
- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
- Joe Abercrombie
- Star Trek
- “The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin
- 42nd Street
- The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
- The Girl with All the Gifts by Mike Carey
- The Steel Seraglio Paperback by Mike Carey, Linda Carey, and Louise Carey
- A Song of Ice and Fire (series) by George R. R. Martin
- The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
- A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Marvel Comics
- Mike Birbiglia (comedian)
But That’s a Different Panel: Something Lives Beyond the Last Page
- Becky Chambers
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
- A Closed and Common Orbit
- Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Thomas Love Peacock
- The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
- The Dagger and the Coin (series) by Daniel Abraham
- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
- The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
- Bone Universe (series) by Fran Wilde
- Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
- The Laundry Files (series) by Charles Stross
- A Study in Honor by Claire O’Dell
- X-Files (TV series)
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