Books by Mervyn Peake
“Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast comes out at a pretty similar time to Tolkien…There’s no real magic in Peake; there are no wizards as such. Instead, there’s this enormous castle – that’s what he usually calls it – which is Gormenghast. It sprawls over vast distances and is inhabited by deeply weird people living by strange rituals.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Mervyn Peake were recommended
The Best Epic Fantasy Novels, recommended by Christopher Paolini
Epic fantasies offer rich worlds and stories to get lost inside. Multi-million bestseller Christopher Paolini recommends five key examples of the genre, each offering something different – their own guiding philosophy, their own delight in language, and their own ‘wonkiness’ that makes them memorable and meaningful.
Classic Fantasy Books, recommended by Matthew Sangster
A fantasy ‘classic’ is a book that enables a new kind of story to be written, says fantasy scholar Matthew Sangster. He introduces five classics, and explains how they both build on and subvert our shared stock of stories to create wonderful new worlds – worlds that are not made to be admired from a distance, but rather to be lived inside, and shared.
