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bringtimetravelback t1_j28znjm wrote

looking desperately for as many recommendations that are a blend of high fantasy/horror or sci-fantasy/horror.

can be from any year/decade as long as they are not extremely obvious (popular, acclaimed, prolific culturally among book-people, hopefully you understand this is what i mean by "obvious") suggestions in this vein, i've probably read them.

don't care if they are pulp-fiction tier or extremely polished prose, as long as they are emotionally gripping and immersive. as far as 'type' of horror within the other 2 genres goes, it doesn't matter as long as it elicits strong feelings in the reader, and strong empathy for the characters and their ordeals.

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XBreaksYFocusGroup t1_j29b11f wrote

The Scar by China Mieville would probably appeal. Reads like Sunless Sea meets Alan Moore.

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Raineythereader t1_j29wfga wrote

Seconding "The Scar." It's technically a sequel to "Perdido Street Station," but it's not necessary to read one, in order to follow the plot of the other.

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Wealth_and_Taste t1_j2askqi wrote

High-Rise by J.G. Ballard

Blindness by Jose Saramago

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio De Maria

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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