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Top 25 Best Fantasy Books (BestFantasyBooks.com)
Top 100 Fantasy Books and Movies (Fantasy Books and Movies.com)
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Fantasy Guide,
Fantasy 100, Wikipedia
Dictionary
fantasy : a creation of the imaginative faculty whether expressed or merely conceived as a fanciful design or invention — Webster
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Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Fantasy is a genre of fiction set in a fictional universe, often (but not always) without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then developed into literature and drama. From the twentieth century it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels and video games.
Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these worlds. Fantasy is a subgenre of speculative fiction and is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the absence of scientific or macabre themes respectively, though these genres overlap.
In popular culture, the fantasy genre is predominantly of the medievalist form. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy comprises works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works. — Wikipedia
Introduction
Fantasy Fiction: An Introduction (Lucie Armitt, Google Books)
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Preservation
History
The Beginnings of Modern Fantasy (Fantasy Guide)
A brief history of fantasy (Fantasy 100)
History of Fantasy (Wikipedia)
Quotation
Library
Fantasy Bookshelf (Project Gutenberg)
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
Participation
How to write a fantasy story (WikiHow.com)
Community
Event
Fantasy (Meetup.com), Comic-Con, Conference Alerts Worldwide (Conal)
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News
Book
Fantasy Bookshelf (Project Gutenberg), ISBNdb
Government
Document
Expression
An Atlas of Fantasy (Wikipedia)
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
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