I found this book at a used book store in America sometime around 2005. From what I remember of the style of the cover (and the general condition), I would assumed it was published sometime 1985-2005.  It's medieval-esque fantasy. The main character is a young woman who comes to work at a castle. At first, the lord of the castle is aloof and cold with her. Then, while exploring the castle, she finds a dungeon containing dragons. The lord had hidden them from her to keep them safe.  I think that the word of the dragons gets out and people come to attack the castle. The climax of the novel has the main character and the lord of the castle defending the castle against attackers.  There is also a romance between the main character and the lord, though the book isn't primarily a romance novel.  I believe the cover of the edition I had was a picture of the castle. The colors were blues and greys. I also think that the title was the name of the castle, which had the word "Dragon" in it. I think the author was a woman.
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I read this novel when I was young. It is probably a children's or young adult novel. I think I read it in 1997 or earlier. I remember very much enjoying it, but the title and most of the details are unfortunately quite hazy for me. Here is what I have:   The main character was a girl in her early teens (I think) She was sent to live with a man who was some sort of master of dragons She may have been related to this man (his niece, perhaps), but I also may have made that up The man wore gloves at all times. When he removed them and touched someone he could see something about them. Their future, I think?   Sound familiar to anyone?   Update: Thinking back on it some more, I think I remember that the dragon lord guy and the heroine ended up in some kind of romantic relationship (making it less likely that he was her uncle). Also, he did at one point take off his gloves and touch her, seeing her future (I think).  'nother Update: It's possible that I'm confusing dragons with volcanos. Or, there may have been both. And I think they lived on an island, or a coastline?
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Looking for the title and or author of a long ago favorite; I have searched the web for it on and off for years.  I read a paperback novel about 40 years ago; it was probably a used book at that time. Probably pre-1975 publication.  In my memory it was written in the style of Andre Norton I have looked through her , but I am not finding it. It was a young adult sci-fi novel.  Plot; a young woman (gender was not strong, but I remember the main character being female) can see different colored circles floating around. When she looks at them just right, she can jump through to another universe.  In the other universe, things change.  She might become a lion, or maybe she is carrying a seed that becomes a net in the other universe.   Two bad guys are chasing her around the different dimensions, I recall one scene where they are all sliding down an icy slope and she jumps through a portal, to escape the bad guys.   There were a lot of complexities about, dimensions, what became what, different colors of portals and such.
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I only remember reading the first book. It was in middle school (around 2009-2011) so I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I know once I see or read the title I'll know it.   I remember that it followed two main characters, a girl and a boy.  The boy was high born and was from a time of magic. He was sent to wizard school in a castle where he and the other boys were taught Socrates style, having to figure out the information on their own with little teaching. They had a cafeteria area where you could eat anything you wanted as long as you could concentrate enough to conjure it from the stone, so the boy ate apples, which he remembered most of all because he fed them to his horses. Eventually, after months of the same thing, the boys began to trade food. But he decided to use the stone to conjure soap, and that's when they gave him new robes, as in him moving up in rank.  The girl was born on a farm. Her mother was sick, so she went to get a healer. They killed her mom, and stole all her valuables from the farm house. I remember more, but I think it would confuse rather than help.  Key information: I believe the stories tie into each other like one is from the past, the other the future...  The books' tone was kind of dreadful with the hope of something better, like the boy could become a great wizard and the girl could solve a problem to this magical rebellion I think or learn more magic.
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I'm searching for an old novel I read back in high school. It involved the main protagonist being a high school student who is also a Lycan (werewolf). It's set in high school, where she meets a new girl, named Elise. Somewhere down the lines, Elise becomes seduced by a stranger, and turned into a vampire.  That stranger is also targeting other students, and it's up to the protagonist, and a friend knowledgeable about the supernatural to put a stop to him. Prior to Elise being turned, there was no active conflict between the vampires and werewolves.  Eventually, the protagonist manages to track him down, with Elise helping her, at the expense of her life.  The only other info I can muster up is that the book is from the late 80's - early 90's from the cover art, although I read it in my high school in 2008.
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I'm looking for the name and author of a novel (or possibly novella). I first read this in the seventies, and might be older than that. It might have been written for teenagers.  The story takes place on a planet inhabited by a primitive humanoid race, roughly stone age if I remember rightly. Visiting this planet is a small team from a more advanced race, also humanoid and with spacefaring technology (obviously!). They are either there to help or observe, no nefarious purposes. I think they are avoiding contact with the primitives, at least initially. It's explicitly mentioned that the planet they are visiting is the third one of a medium sized star, just like their own homeworld. Also orbiting round the planet is an even more advanced race, using high tech to remain hidden from both the others. They are observing the whole situation, and again its mentioned that this is a 'third planet', like their own homeworld.  I'm a little bit hazy on the rest of the plot, but I think the super-advanced race end up revealing themselves, even though they are not supposed to.  The story is told from the viewpoints of both the second and third races (maybe also the first, I forget)  EDIT: For the record it turns out my recollection was faulty, and the second race are indeed coming to the planet for nefarious purposes. And the planet is at the medieval stage, not stone age.
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I'm looking for a fantasy novel I read in the 90s. Heroine begins the story overweight and has to go on a long quest (don't remember why). Along the way she acquires a group of animal/spirit? sidekicks, including a smartass pig, I think. By the end of her quest she has lost weight - not the main point of the book of course, but it's a detail that sticks out.   I think she developed magical powers during her quest, which she may have been surprised to discover? That's about all I can come up with. Cover was a girl walking in typical fantasy/forest scene with the animals, as I recall.It was a humorous, lighter fantasy. Any ideas?
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This was a thick book that I read over fifteen years ago that I never finished reading because someone borrowed it and didn't return it to the school library. I want to find its title.  The story takes place in a kingdom that is preparing for the a cycle of war, where every time the winds changes (50 or 100 years), invaders will try to cross the sea from another continent using airships with air balloons, filled with soldiers and warlocks. The kingdom has made several man-made island fortress along their coastline, filled with soldiers with war machines, sorcerers, and enchanters who act as the main guard/defence for the kingdom, calling lightning and fireballs, and using machines to stop and destroy and bring down as many of the invader airships as possible while countering the warlocks on board.  The book involved a man and a girl whose journey brought them apart in preparing for the imminent war.   The women found herself adept in magic and went to the academy in the capital to learn to be a sorceress.   The man found a different calling. With a good memory, he was sent to learn to become a mnemonic storyteller (to train with battle staff and fighting skill and mnēmonikos skill) who carried the history, literature of the entire culture in their heads. They used their knowledge to convey the kingdom's literature, poetry, history and stories to the people from generation to generation.  Both eventually "graduate". Sadly, and with great emotion, both have to part ways. She was sent to a fortress island and began her role as a sorcerer who will stand guard there. He, as a storyteller, began his own journey without her, going from town to town, village and soldier barrack, across the kingdom, telling stories of great men and their deeds, and courageous heroes who fought the war, to uplift the spirit of the people and bring valor to the soldiers stationed at the border and people in the coming war.   In brief, he meets a dragon (who used to be involved in the war in ages past), long thought to be extinct. He finds himself able to communicate with it and has a "born" friendship with it. The dragon teaches him to become a "dragon rider", a long-lost ability of his people (due to the "extinction" of dragons.)   The wind changes with the dread of war hanging on the kingdom.  Airships start to blacken the sky again with soldiers and war machines battling each other.
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Long, long ago(ca mid-90's), back when I first got into reading books in digital form, I came across one that started quite promisingly. Unfortunately I was easily distracted back then, and have no recollection of name or author. But I think the opening is curious enough to have a chance at recognition.  It features a female protagonist that serves as a mage's assistant, the position of apprentice reserved for males. this annoys her. finding upon reporting to work one day that she has been reduced to transport mule for something the mage need transported, she is none too pleased when, upon mishandling a scroll or similar, she finds herself rather better built for swordplay than spellcasting. I also believe the case in this particular instance was that she somehow learned that her master was dead, leaving her with nothing to do but make the delivery. If anyone can tell me the name of the book, I'd be ridiculously grateful.
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I read a book of this series probably around 2000. I think the series was quite new then but not sure.  The main thing I remember about it is that magic is based on words of power. If you knew one word you got some extra ability, knowing two words gave you yet some other ability, and if you knew three words you became a very powerful wizard. Only one person at a time could know each word, and telling someone your word meant you died.  The main protagonist somehow gets hold of one word and then for some reason strives to learn more.  EDIT: I think that I accidentally picked up the second book of the series and never read the first one. From what I remember, the protagonist learned one word of power and got some kind of supernatural ability (cannot remember what though). He then ends up in some kind of challenge where he has to cooperate with another person who knows another word that gives super-strength.  Not very coherent memories, but I hope someone knows what series it is. It has been bugging me for years. (Not even sure if the series is good at all, but still would like to know the name.)  EDIT2:  I remember the world as being medieval-ish. I do not think there were dragons, but there may have been other humanoid races (I have a very weak recollection that there may have been an orc or similar in the story, but this could be completely wrong). The protagonist was male.
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I am looking for the title of a book, actually a series (probably a trilogy).  I just have a few memories - I read it 20+ years ago but the book is contemporary. The few things I remember:   the two main characters (boy and girl) come from different worlds which are copies one of each other - one of them being dystopian (if I recall correctly) one of the characters (the boy I think) can move from world to world by "cutting a hole" in thin air with a knife they travel at some point (by the end of the series) to Hell when they need to do something to save the worlds   The end is       sad. The two characters fall in love but for some reason they cannot cross the world borders anymore (this is a decision they make for the good of the worlds) and they "meet" on a bench which is in both worlds and imagine the other one being on his/her bench as well.
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I want to find the name of a book I read many years ago. The story is set in Britain. The weather is controlled by magic. I read it in the 60's or early 70's
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I read a book quite a while back (probably quite a few years ago) that I downloaded (probably for free, but maybe not) on iBooks. I do not have iTunes anymore so I can't find it from there.   It was a fantasy book about a girl with magical ability. It was set in a different world to ours. Kind of medieval-esque? It starts with her in this keep, and she works there since her mother died. There are creepy guys there but she used her magic to hurt one and now they stay away. Then this man comes along, realises she can do magic, and takes her away and trains her. There is a big plot about saving the world I think. And there's a warm hot country where there is a man called something like Soluman.   That's all I can remember. If anyone knows or thinks they know what this is, could you please tell me? I know this is very vague, but it's all I can pin down. I'm pretty sure this was part of a trilogy or series of books. And I think it had a female author.
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In the 90's I read a book about two children (I think they were siblings, boy and girl) who climbed a tree. At the end they found a door to another world. After some time the (fantasy) worlds switched to another one. Once they got stuck in a world, because the world went on traveling and therefore the door couldn't be reached anymore. They met many curious individuals during their adventures.  It's a completed novel for kids. I've read it in German, but I can't remember if the author was a German one, so it might've been available in English as well. It was a fairly thick book.  EDIT: After some thought I remember a pancake kind of person
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I read this book in 2016, but I remember the cover being torn up, so it couldn't have been a new book. There was a girl's face on the cover. She had lightly colored skin, and beautiful emerald green eyes. Her hair was a dirty blond. This book was first in a trilogy and the cover was illustrated.  The girl's grandmother in the story was actually a phoenix (I think this was revealed in a different book in the trilogy though). The book started out in a small village, and I can't remember exactly where in the village chapters (the chapters that took place in the village) but she sneaked her deceased mother's green dress out of a trunk she wasn't supposed to go in, and I think she wore it to some event.
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So, I read this book in the mid-nineties (no idea if it was new or not).  I can't recall the title (obviously), but relevant plot points:  It starts off like the Narnia series, where a young (tween) sister and brother are sent to live with relatives in a country estate.    If I recall correctly, the girl was older, and the boy was more of a child, she was closer to being a teen (or actually being a teen). I remember specifically that he was referred to as having baby fat still, and being more childish than her.  They discover salmon swimming in the pool, and there was an old woman. Turns out she was a druid who had turned a man into a salmon for (reasons). Both he and her are from the ancient past (you know, when druids were more common), and the guy starts to resemble the famous Irish hero Finn MacCool.  I am pretty sure he was called Finn also, but I don't think they ever gave him a last name in the book, so I'm pretty sure it's not the eponymous book "Finn MacCool" which I saw later on.    The druid takes the kids and young man back in time with her, and they live in the woods for a while having adventures.  I don't recall all of them, but I do recall that Finn had to catch and eat the "salmon of wisdom" or similar, and burned his thumb in doing so, which made him think he had to stick his thumb in his mouth to think.    Eventually the kids were returned to their own time, leaner and harder and more tan, and the boy faced up to some bullies and didn't let himself get pushed around (evidence of his character development, I suppose).    I thought it'd be a fun book for my daughter, but can't for the life of me remember the name to find it.
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Looking for a book I read in the 90's (not sure if it was published in the 90's or not).  The story as far as I can remember goes like this. Human-looking aliens evolve on a very hostile planet. They encounter some big bad threat and they cast about for help. They encounter a rich industrialist on Earth and they send a woman to recruit him. She teaches the guy to use magic and how to transform his body. They build a ship and travel to her planet but just before they arrive, she vanishes and he crash lands on this hostile planet.  He goes through many trials and tribulations in order to get to her and eventually he has enough and uses the ability she teaches him on how to transform his body. He transforms himself into a half-man, half-dragon-like creature which allows him to travel to the other side of the planet to get to the girl. On the way he manages to neurally link into a large flying creature that flies very fast, only to discover that it is intelligent and they soon become friends. When he gets to the girl she doesn't recognise him so he gets mad and starts attacking only to realise that it's all been a test set up by these people to allow him to reach higher levels of magic.   There were supposed to be sequels but I never got around to reading them.  I remember the cover art depicted a large dragon like creature with a torso of a man and a woman standing in front of it looking back at him.  Any idea what this book may be?
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The basic beginning premise is that a young man, who I think was trained in swordsmanship, finds a magical artifact capable of absorbing energy/magic at the cost of his life/vitality. He's able to extend this ability to his weapons. The setting is high fantasy, and the big bad is someone trying to collect all the artifacts,  which I believe were all based after the main elements. I think the cover had a medallion on it.