Out from the door where it began:

This week over at the Fantasy Review Barn Nathan is taking us Tough Travelling looking at the tropes of fantasy.  This week the topic up for discussion is:

The Well Travelled Road:

(This is a scheduled post so I may not be linked up over at the FRB  – also, I don’t have the blurb so I’m taking this title to mean exactly what it says and not be all cryptic!)

1. I have to go there – Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.  It would be frankly unforgivable to not include this book in this post!
2. The Road by Cormac McCarthy – yes, this is a bit dark and rather gloomy to be frank.  But…  Apocalyptic fantasy and definitely worth a read.
3. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams – not fantasy but who cares – this really is a road trip, of sorts, kind of …well, there is plenty of travelling so I think it counts.
4. A Game of Thrones GRR Martin – I’m thinking of Daenerys Targaryen when she leads her people (or what’s left of them) to try and reclaim her crown.

And, finally – I still had to go there – a clue ‘lions and tigers and bears, oh my’