This week, Travis is joined by Craig from The Legendarium for a two-parter episode on fantasy entry points. In this episode, they talk about which books they’d recommend as entry points into the genre, discussing books that could work for someone completely new to fantasy as well as books that could reignite a love for genre fiction.
Read the article we posted online on this same subject, Our Gateways Into Fantasy, to see the results of a massive online survey for what fantasy readers recommend to others as entry points.
Should we recommend classics as entry points? How much should recommendations be tailored to each individual? And is there such thing as a fantasy canon? Let us know what you think by commenting in Discord or on Twitter.
If you missed part 1, check out episode 288: Fantasy Entry Points over on The Legendarium, which aired on March 20, 2020. In that episode, we reminisce about our own entry points into fantasy, both as young readers and again as adults.
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