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| | Fantasy film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Fantasy offerings were released only sporadically until the 1980s, however, when high-tech filmmaking techniques and increased audience interest caused the genre to flourish. | | | Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy as the prototypical modern example of High Fantasy in literature, and the recent Peter Jackson film adaptation of the books is a good example of the High Fantasy subgenre on the silver screen. | | | As a cinematic genre, fantasy isn't as highly regarded as it's close neighbour science-fiction, the reason for this is until very recently, fantasy films were made of low or inferior production values, over-the-top acting and decidedly poor special effects. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_film
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| | Elf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Fantasy elves frequently divide up into subraces, such as the High Elves, Wood Elves and Dark Elves found in the Warhammer Fantasy game setting. | | | Elves have become standardized staple characters of modern fantasy to such an extent that breaking the norms for how an elf is supposed to be and behave has become an end in itself for certain works of fantasy. | | | Fantasy elves are different from Norse elves, but are more akin to that older mythology than to folktale elves – they are unlikely to sneak in at night and help a cobbler mend his shoes. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elves
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| | Fantasy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In other cases, most frequently in works of modern fantasy in the high fantasy subgenre, the story might take place in a fantasy world that is wholly different from our own, complete with distinct laws of physics that allow magic to be incorporated naturalistically into the setting. | | | Fantasy writing saw renewed popularity, often influenced by these seminal works and, like them, borrowing from myth, epic, and medieval romance. | | | Beginning perhaps with the Epic of Gilgamesh and the earliest written documents known to humankind, elements that would eventually come to define fantasy and its various subgenres have been a part of some of the grandest and most celebrated works in all of history. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy
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| | Fantasy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In other cases, most frequently in works of modern fantasy in the high fantasy subgenre, the story might take place in a fantasy world that is wholly different from our own, complete with distinct laws of nature that permit magic. | | | Fantasy writing saw renewed popularity in the latter half of the 20th century, often influenced by these seminal works and, like them, borrowing from myth, epic, and medieval romance. | | | In this sense, the history of fantasy and the history of literature are inextricably intertwined. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy
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| | Fantasy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In other cases, most frequently in works of modern fantasy in the high fantasy subgenre, the story might take place in a fantasy world that is wholly different from our own, complete with distinct laws of nature that permit magic. | | | Fantasy writing saw renewed popularity, often influenced by these seminal works and, like them, borrowing from myth, epic, and medieval romance. | | | Beginning perhaps with the Epic of Gilgamesh and the earliest written documents known to humankind, elements that would eventually come to define fantasy and its various subgenres have been a part of some of the grandest and most celebrated works in all of history. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy
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| | Fantasy |
| | His Mordant's Need series is a cross between Urban and high fantasy--that genre where modern people somehow slip through into a magical high fantasy realm. | | | That's be fiction, not fantasy (and probably painfully boring at that.) I like what he did with his characters, and I loved the story, although I wonder if this might have been better had it been a long story in a collection instead of a short book. | | | She participated in the dark fantasy series Thieves' World, creating the vampire-witch, Ischade, among others (I really like Ischade). |
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http://www.klishis.com/Books/Fantasy.html
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| | Classification - Deep Magic Forums |
| | QUEST FANTASY: A sometimes used subgenre of high fantasy which has a long, cross country quest by a group of characters as an important plot point. | | | HIGH FANTASY: Fantasy which takes place in entirely made up worlds, often with some element of magic. | | | Fantasy which is like the classic fairy tales, I suppose. |
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http://www.deep-magic.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=424
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| | ipedia.com: The Worm Ouroboros Article |
| | As an early and ambitious high fantasy, it invites comparison with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (which it predates). | | | The Worm Ouroboros (1922) is a heroic high fantasy novel by Eric Rucker Eddison. | | | There has been a recent UK paperback edition in the Fantasy Masterworks series. |
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http://www.ipedia.com/the_worm_ouroboros.html
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| | sffworld.com - Mixing Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| | If you have both fantasy and sf-based elements in a story, it is usually considered a fantasy story, because by having supernatural elements for which there is no scientific explanation, you have taken science out of the story and made it a fantastical tale. | | | As you accurately state, the fantasy portion of that work "with its magic and magical creatures is not given scientific explanations for their presence, however minimal. | | | Some of the tales are fantasy tales with fantasy premises and elements. |
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http://www.sffworld.com/forums/printthread.php?t=8774&pp=30
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| | RPGnet: Review of Fantasy Hero |
| | Of particular note here is the separation of epic and high fantasy, the loss of the disdainful "hack and slash fantasy" category, and a more extensive take on subgenres that have modern elements or characters. | | | This genre-book style Fantasy Hero book saw a significant increase in the breadth and versatility of the book and the system when applied to fantasy genres. | | | The old fantasy hero rules provided a fairly straightforward form useful in defining how the campaign operates, its tacit assumptions, etc. This was useful in both conception of a campaign and being a ready reference for the players; I think it was a major mistake to exclude some version of them in this edition. |
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http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9847.phtml?nobuy=1
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| | Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The High King at Epinions.com |
| | The High King by Lloyd Alexander is the fifth and final book in the Prydain Chronicles, a Welsh fantasy series for young adults. | | | All the raw, rough qualities of goodness and valor that were present in him throughout the previous books are brought to maturity in The High King, and Taran unconsciously becomes the noble, wise hero that he always wanted to be. | | | In The High King, we resume where Taran Wanderer left off – our young hero is coming home from his journeys to Dallben and Coll, his two guardians and mentors, and Hen Wen, the oracle pig that Taran takes care of. |
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http://www.epinions.com/content_28378238596
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| | WetCanvas! - Surreal vs Fantasy/Sci-Fi |
| | Plus, you are comparing two "high fantasy" artists to surrealist/symbolist artists. | | | These same subjects are shared by contemporary "fantasy" artists and the very same subject matter is part of what condemns the contemporary artist to a lesser status on the "fine art" scene. | | | Fantasy would technically encompass any art that is "fantastical" or "imaginary" in nature. |
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http://granny5.artistnation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122727
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| | On identifying subgenres |
| | Fantasy includes high fantasy (knights and ladies), humorous fantasy, urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, science fantasy. | | | However, a discussion which relates fantasy storylines to real world battles between good and evil offends her. | | | I've always thought that Anne McCaffrey wrote those three books as a fantasy trilogy, then went the science-fiction route later to deepen the story in the subsequent Pern books. |
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http://journals.aol.com/lmarley/LouiseMarley/entries/719
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| | The Fantasy Forum - Fantasy Sub-Genres |
| | High fantasy - A story that is based in a traditional fantasy enviornment that attempts to reach a level of acceptance to be considered literature. | | | - The opposite of high fantasy, The rules of the world can change depending on the need of the author, the plot is loose and has gaps, characters are one dimensional. | | | Dark fantasy - Dracula, Frankenstein, Interview with the Vampire... |
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http://www.thefantasyforum.com/showthread.php?t=7222
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| | The SF Site: Science Fiction & Fantasy -- A Genre With Many Faces |
| | Eos authors of epic fantasy include New York Times bestselling Raymond E. Feist (The Serpentwar Saga) and Adam Lee (The Dominions Of Irth). | | | Steven Gould's Wildside presents a contemporary parallel in which high school seniors pass through a portal to a primeval Earth never inhabited by humans. | | | Drawing heavily upon archetypal myths and the quintessential struggle between a few good people against overwhelming forces of evil, epic fantasy is best represented by author J. Tolkien's classic The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. |
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http://www.sfsite.com/columns/amy26.htm
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| | Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2) |
| | These books have a really high level of fantasy writing coming from such a young author. | | | Two books I had to read lately that I liked better were the thoughtful An Audience for Einstein and Flowers for Algernon, although both are science fiction instead of fantasy like Eldest. | | | Because of that, I found the book to be entertaining, although I can understand why those who are familiar with Robert Jordan, Anne MacCaffery, Ursula K. LeGuin, etc. would find it to be too close to those sources to be enjoyable. |
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http://shop.ecbzz.com/a-books/index.php?q=a-books/index.php&Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=037582670X
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| | Beyond Renault - Judith Tarr |
| | Judith Tarr began her career as a writer of fantasy and historical fantasy, but in recent years has spread out into mainstream historical and "women's fiction," though many of her mainstream novels still have a touch of the fantastic about them. | | | Her historical accuracy is high (although I am better able to judge the Greco-Macedonian aspects than the Egyptian), with only a few small errors: Alexander drinks his wine mixed instead of akratos (unmixed) as was the Macedonian fashion. | | | And while her magic ostensibly works, its appearance in the story is historically appropriate and should not offend those readers who have a categorical dislike of fantasy novels. |
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http://myweb.unomaha.edu/~jreameszimmerman/Beyond_Renault/tarr.html
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| | Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy |
| | From take-offs on high fantasy to parodies of Lovecraft, almost every kind of fantasy humor is included. | | | An excellent collection of some of the funniest fantasy tales to ever see print. | | | This book brings together tales from modern writers as well as older tales that have been lost in the tides of time. |
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| | Fiction/Fantasy/Contemporary |
| | The Book of AthyraA new two-in-one omnibus volume continues the fantasy adventures of sorcerer-assassin Vlad Taltos and his winged, telepathic jhereg companions in Athyra and Orca, in which Vlad must repay an old debt to a boy who saved his life, even if it ignites a scandal that could bring down th... | | | Blood of MysteryFrom an acclaimed new master of fantasy fiction comes Book Four in the continuing saga of magic, adventure, courage, and fate on parallel worlds–mystical Eldh and modern Earth.Blood of MysteryA twist of time has left Runebreaker Travis Wilder and three of his otherworldly frien... | | | The Third MagicEight years ago, a young red-haired boy discovered that he was the reincarnation of Arthur, once High King of Britain, master of the Round Table, wielder of Excalibur and the Holy Grail, fated to one day reclaim his throne and lead the world into a new goBy: Cochran, MollyBinding: HAR... |
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| | The Fantasy Writer's Companion |
| | High notes are Tony Ruggerio's chapter on horror fantasy and Tee Morris' chapter on Asian-based fantasy, and a few chapters concern editing and publishing specifically for the fantasy writing market. | | | The Fantasy Writers' Companion takes on more advanced topics of writing, such as incorporating horror, incorporating mystery, herbalism, developing a story in your favorite RPG universe, and exploring alternative cultures for worldbuilding. | | | The Fantasy Writer?s Companion Tee Morris and Valerie Griswold-Ford collectively gather the wisdom and experience of eleven authors. |
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http://www.limotransportation.info/books-plain/B0006N3MT2.html
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| | Castle Fiction - Epic and Heroic Fantasy |
| | The definition is a bit blurry and the genre is very similar to that of High Fantasy but there are some distinctions. | | | a written history of Epic Fantasy that tells you about some of the famous authors and works in the genre. | | | Here is a book that just recently climbed into the top ten epic fantasy novels. |
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http://www.castlefiction.com
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| | Open Directory - Arts: Online Writing: Fiction: Genres: Fantasy: Novels |
| | The Song of the Ocean Gypsy - High fantasy series dealing with the last years of a world of magic and adventure. | | | Angel Queen - The first three chapters of an epic fantasy novel set in the middle ages, available online. | | | In Defense of Eve - Early medieval fantasy on knighthood and witchcraft. |
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http://dmoz.org/Arts/Online_Writing/Fiction/Genres/Fantasy/Novels
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| | Amazon.com: A Handful of Coppers: Collected Early Stories, Heroic Fantasy: Books: Charles De Lint |
| | A Handful of Coppers collects various heroic tales from de Lint's early years of writing, primarily from the late 1970s and '80s, when his focus was still largely on high fantasy, sword-and-sorcery stuff that quickly fell by the wayside as he developed a more contemporary style. | | | This collection of early tales, some of them unpublished, is essential reading for fans of World Fantasy Award-winner de Lint (The Onion Girl). | | | I haven't read much heroic fantasy in recent years, ever since the cover of de Lint's Yarrow caught my eye and drew me into a different sort of fantasy world. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1931081735?v=glance
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| | Fluent in Fantasy — www.greenwood.com |
| | This useful book begins by providing a definition of fantasy and a history of the genre. | | | Comprehensive yet easy to use, this book is an indispensable guide for middle and high school librarians as well as those in public libraries. | | | Herald offers a historical and structural overview of the genre, describes 15 subgenres and a score of variations within them, and lists the best and most current reads available in the fantasy arena. |
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http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/LU6557.aspx
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| | Amazon.com: The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain): Books: Lloyd Alexander |
| | James Langton's spirited reading of Alexander's The High King, the fifth and final book in his Prydain Chronicles fantasy series is a recommended listen for teens on up who have prior familiarity with the Prydain setting from previous novels in the series. | | | After the meanderings of Alexander's far weaker, "Taran Wanderer", I was worried that, "The High King" might bog down into dreary who-am-I? type speechifying. | | | If you are reading this book on its own you'll undoubtedly be annoyed by its continual references to characters or situations you're not personally familiar with. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805061355?v=glance
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| | Hero Games |
| | This setting book for Fantasy Hero details the epoch after the Turakian Age a time of swords and sorcery, sword-wielding warrior-lords, beautiful princesses, mysterious magic, and dark, ancient cults. | | | Monsters, Minions, And Marauders is an enemies book for Fantasy Hero. | | | Prophecy foretells that unless a true hero finds the Basilisk Orb, fabled talisman of the ancient wizard Coruch Crotha, the High King’s realm will fall to dust and ashes. |
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http://www.herogames.com/Products/fantasyhero.htm
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| | Night Shade Books Discussion Area: High Weird |
| | Other typical characteristics of high fantasy include fantastical races (such as elves and dwarves), magic, wizards, invented languages, coming-of-age themes, and multi-volume narratives. | | | High Fantasy (as defined elsewhere) is a subgenre of fantasy fiction that is set in invented or parallel worlds. | | | I'm intrigued, personally, with the concept of "Low Weird." I seem to recall reading somewhere that "low fantasy" was fantasy dealing with 'lesser' or baser concerns than "high fantasy", and I find myself often drawn to the sort of weirdness that would correspond to that. |
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http://www.nightshadebooks.com/discus/messages/8/2128.html#POST35146
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| | Entertainment & Arts, Genres, Science Fiction and Fantasy, |
| | The Ring of Fantasy is for all fantasy sites, from the high fantasy of Tolkien to sites about fairies and dragons. | | | Fantasy game sites, such as d20 games, interactive writing, and multi-user dungeons are also welcome to join. | | | This ring is for anyone who is interested in fantasy, from dragons to unicorns to fairies to wizards, hobbits, dwarves, elves, magic, witches, fantasy worlds, etc. |
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http://dir.webring.com/rw?d=Entertainment___Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy
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| | High Fantasy |
| | Most High Fantasy books have long involved plots. | | | High Fantasy or Epic Fantasy is one of the subgenres of fantasy fiction. | | | High fantasy usually takes place in a secondary world that involves magic and strange beings. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fantasy_worlds/15021
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| | Historical high fantasy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In historical high fantasy, the setting for the story is based upon history and/or historical events. | | | Like high fantasy, it is set in an invented world, with complex cultures and peoples, contains fantasy elements, and is epic in scope. | | | Historical high fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy which mixes historical fantasy and high fantasy. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_high_fantasy
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