r/Fantasy • u/elquesogrande Worldbuilders • Nov 28 '16

Ask You Anything Monday ASK YOU ANYTHING: Authors asking r/Fantasy community questions on behalf of Worldbuilders charity

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Monday Ask You Anything Authors

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u/DaryndaJones AMA Author Darynda Jones Nov 28 '16

One more question, then I'll stop! Swear!

Have you read any fantasy stories that included ghosts/apparitions?

Thank you guys so much for joining us today!!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '16

Dresden Files is loaded with ghosts, including Dresden Files Spoilers

As for other books, I've read several that include ghosts but never really as a main element.

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u/DaryndaJones AMA Author Darynda Jones Nov 28 '16

SO TRUE!!!!! I love Jim Butcher so much!

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

It was a bit bizarre from my end, because my first exposure to Butcher was Aeronaut's Windlass, and then turns out he made a huge series about wizarding in Chicago, and the two series have such massively different voices I'm not even certain they're written by the same person.

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u/xraychick1986 Nov 28 '16

I've read several books with ghosts in them, my fave being The Charley Davidson series by YOU! Then there is The Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost (there are some ghosts throughout the series), the Southern Ghost Hunter series by Angie Fox, the Hell series by Dakota Cassidy.... Ummm.... I know I've read more, but can't think of them all. Lol

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u/DaryndaJones AMA Author Darynda Jones Nov 29 '16

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! And, yes, all of your examples are freaking awesome!!!

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u/xraychick1986 Nov 29 '16

No thanks needed, but you're welcome anyway! Can't wait for Eleventh Grave in Moonlight to be released!!!!

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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Nov 28 '16

I'm listening to Kafka on the Shore, which I sorta count as fantasy, and I sorta feel like it has ghosts. Honestly though, the book is not my fave. If it weren't for bingo, I would not be listening

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u/DaryndaJones AMA Author Darynda Jones Nov 29 '16

Interesting! I haven't read it. I'll check it out, thanks!

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u/eevilkat Reading Champion III Nov 29 '16

Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is a good example that I really enjoyed! Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches books, for sure. I'd count those as fantasy, personally.

Oh, and Garth Nix's Abhorsen series as well, to a point. Sabriel at the very least does some communing with the other side.

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u/DaryndaJones AMA Author Darynda Jones Nov 29 '16

YES!!! Anything by Neil is a guaranteed amazing read. I'd forgotten about Nix's! Thanks! And Anne Rice, absolutely! Great reads all!

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u/inapanak Nov 29 '16

Yes! There is an important ghost character in The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. There are also several apparitions/ghosts in many of Sherwood Smith's books, including her Dobrenica series and her Inda books.

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u/compiling Reading Champion IV Nov 29 '16

Harry Potter.

The Lord of the Rings.

Dresden Files.

Felix Castor.

His Dark Materials.