Valdrothos OP t1_itgkeev wrote on October 23, 2022 at 2:21 PM

Reply to comment by skybluepink77 in Genre question - Slice of life, but fantasy or sci-fi? by Valdrothos

>Susanna Clarke

One of the things I'm specifically looking to avoid is historical fiction. I'll update the post, I though I had that in there.

I will probably have to resort to using the recommendations thread. I am currently checking literary fantasy, but as the prime example right out of the gate is LotR I don't know.

skybluepink77 t1_itglnh2 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 2:31 PM

Of Clarke's two novels to date, one - Jonathan Strange - is sort of placed in the Napoleonic era [ but it is not an 'historical' novel] and Piranesi is contemporary [again, sort of.]

LOTR isn't really slice of life, but it's well-written. And of course, is the classic 'quest' story. So - it's whatever you want to go for!