[Apologies in advance for not being politically correct enough to call this the Black Gate Holiday Gift List. If you don’t celebrate Christmas, kindly ignore this post. Or use our suggestions to buy something for yourself, we won’t tell anyone.]

If you’re a Black Gate fan, we already know a lot about you. You’re almost certainly a fantasy devotee, well-read, with impeccable taste, and accustomed to the natural adoration of your peers. Pretty close, right? And you’re probably also a procrastinator who puts off Christmas shopping until the last minute, and ends up buying Wal-Mart gift certificates on December 24.

You can do better than that. In fact, we’re here to help you. Here’s a handy list of the best fantasy books, movies, games and comics of the season, with a link to a recent review, courtesy of the editors and staff of Black Gate magazine. We have gifts for every price range, from $5 to $150. Good luck, and happy shopping!

1. A Guile of Dragons, James Enge ($17.95)
2. The Bones of the Old Ones, by Howard Andrew Jones ($25.99)
3. American Science Fiction: 9 Classic Novels, edited by Gary K. Wolfe ($70)
4. Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection ($149.98)
5. Lords of Waterdeep, Wizards of the Coast ($49.99)
6. The Weird, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer ($39.99)
7. Epic: Legends of Fantasy, edited by John Joseph Adams ($17.95)
8. A Throne of Bones, Vox Day ($4.99)
9. Three Parts Dead, Max Gladstone ($24.99)
10. Books To Die For, edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke ($29.99)



11. The Thief of Baghdad ($29.99)
12. The Inferior, Peadar Ô Guilin ($6.80)
13. Up the Bright River, Philip Jose Farmer ($40)
14. Ashen Stars, Robin D. Laws ($44.95)
15. X-Plorers ($12.95)
16. The Hawkmoon Collection, by Michael Moorcock ($5.60)
17. Cult Magazines: A to Z, Earl Kemp and Luis Ortiz ($34.95)
18. Awakening: The Art of Halo ($34.95)
19. Anomaly, Brian Haberlin and Skip Brittenham ($75)
20. Kitty Steals the Show, Carrie Vaughn ($7.99)
21. Perry Rhodan: The Cosmic League, Z-Man Games ($24.99)
22. The Thing in the Mist, John S. Glasby ($13.99)
23. The Nekropolis Archives, Tim Waggoner ($15.99)
24. Airship Pirates, Peter Cakebread & Ken Walton ($49.99)
25. Black Bottle, Anthony Huso ($27.99)



26. Dead Reckoning, Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill ($16.99)
27. Red Sonja Omnibus, Dynamite Entertainment ($29.99)
28. Dreadfleet, Games Workshop ($114.99)
29. The Return of the Sorcerer: The Best of Clark Ashton Smith ($14.95)
30. Mindjammer, Sarah Newton ($15.95)
31. The Last Musketeer, Jason ($12.95)
32. Castle Waiting, Linda Medley ($29.99)
33. The Spy Princess, Sherwood Smith ($17.99)
34. The Avengers ($29.99)
35. Night’s Engines, Trent Jamieson ($7.99)
36. Bitter Seeds, Ian Tregillis ($7.99)
37. Empires of the Void, Red Raven Games ($65)
38. The Hand of Fu-Manchu, Sax Rohmer ($9.95)
39. Dungeon Command, Wizards of the Coast ($39.99)
40. The Beast with Five Fingers, W.F. Harvey ($6.99)



41. Unfinished Tales, J.R.R. Tolkien ($26)
42. What I Found at Hoole, Jeffrey E. Barlough ($14.95)
43. Stormdancer, Jay Kristoff ($24.99)
44. Pathfinder Tales: Queen of Thorns, Dave Gross ($9.99)
45. The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan ($16)
46. The Neighbors, Ania Ahlborn ($14.95)
47. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Dungeons & Dragons, Shelly Mazzanoble ($12.95)
48. Albert of Adelaide, Howard L. Anderson ($24.99)
49. The Diviner, Melanie Rawn ($7.99)
50. My Heart Laid Bare, Joyce Carol Oates ($5.50)

Whew. There it is — the Top 50 Christmas gift suggestions for the discerning fantasy fan, from the staff of Black Gate. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays!