Book Riot names Swordspoint a “most influential fantasy”

Book Riot’s Ann-Marie Cahill includes Swordspoint on their list of “The Most Influential Fantasy Books of the 1980s.”

If you’re a fan of the Fantasy of Manners, then you have Ellen Kushner to thank. We’re talking about the fantastical school of etiquette, where highly regimented social settings dictate every step of the road that lies before our humble characters. It’s an eloquent dance of magic and melodrama — and no one did it better than Kushner with her groundbreaking Swordspoint.

Also included: books by Diana Wynne Jones, Terry Pratchett, Tamora Pierce, Octavio Butler, and much more. See the entire list at Book Riot.