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Favorite SFF Books: A Highly Opinionated List

Making lists is my favorite thing to do, esp. rec lists. Here is a list of my favorite science-fiction and fantasy books / stories, and I hope to keep updating it from time to time.

I can’t claim I’ve read all the stalwart works of speculative fiction, but here are my personal top SFF recommendations, in no particular order. When next you’re on the lookout for something new to read, remember this list!

Last Update: May 14, 2021

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Vulpes Vulpes. The Fox as Motif in Folklore, Literature, Culture. [Long Post]

The Sly Red Fox
"Cold, delicately as the dark snow,
A fox’s nose touches twig, leaf;
Two eyes serve a movement, that now
And again now, and now, and now
Sets neat prints into the snow … "
~ "The Thought Fox" by Ted Hughes

Is there a creature more cunning than the sly Fox? If we go by Slavic folklore, the Fox would have hoodwinked you many times over before you even got to say, “Wait a minute … ” Swift-footed and stealthy, the Fox never claimed it had a heart of gold to match its fur.

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Lex is an aspiring pirate masquerading as a lawyer, all-time bibliophile, frequent quote-collector and sometime astrologer. Lexlingua.co is her online armchair for philosophizing about fiction, law, and the future.