u/wereblackhelicopter

Secondary world fantasy weird lit?

Hi, I am looking for weird fiction that is set in a second secondary world, and by secondary world, I mean a fictional setting entirely in a world that is completely different from our own.

So basically, I’m looking for weird fantasy.

I would say dying earth or neolithic past stuff would also be acceptable. Robert E. Howard, Clark, Ashton Smith, Jack Vance, Gene Wolfe, etc. Obviously, Lovecraft himself wrote along these lines.

More specifically I really like how weird fiction doesn’t really draw on existing mythology as much or at least not in identifiable way and really frames things in a very truly alien way and I’m looking for that kind of cranked up to 11 with an entire world that feels strange and alien that doesn’t feel like it’s based on a specific time period or system of folklore.

So more stuff like, Bas-Lag, Viriconium or Malazan.

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u/wereblackhelicopter — 3 days ago

More books like Between Two Fires

I have read Between Two Fires and His Black Tongue and would like recommendations for more medieval fantasy with horror elements along similar lines. Other touchdowns would be Umberto Eco, especially Name of the Rose and Baudolino. None book references would be the video game Blasphemous and the manga series Beserk.

The recommendation must have most, but not all of the following (if possible):

Knights/Paladins
Biblically accurate angels/demons
Cosmic horror
Religious themes, especially those drawing upon Christianity
Medieval weirdness such as Blemmys or Dog headed men
40k adjacent cathedral-punk
Anime Catholicism

u/wereblackhelicopter — 8 days ago

I really love the lore and world building of conspiracy theories or just out there and gonzo world building in general and I really wanna read a fantasy novel that kind of is either directly inspired by these ideas or kind of captures the crazy vibe without the baggage of the author, being mentally ill and racist, and insisting that they’re real.

Fantasy, science fiction or anything in between welcome!

Atlantis, Hyperborea, Hollow Earth/Agartha, Lemuria, Mu.

u/wereblackhelicopter — 16 days ago