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An alternate dimension entered only via dreams. Polaris: 1918: N G Dying Earth: Jack Vance: A worn-out Earth with a dying Sun in the far distant future where magic prevails. The Dying Earth: 1950: N G Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin: A planet consisting of numerous islands. The Word of Unbinding: 1964: N T R A Eberron: Keith Baker: A campaign ...
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction which involves themes of the supernatural, magic, and imaginary worlds and creatures. [1] [2]Its roots are in oral traditions, which became fantasy literature and drama.
A fantasy world or fictional world is a world created for fictional media, such as literature, film or games. Typical fantasy worlds feature magical abilities. Some worlds may be a parallel world connected to Earth via magical portals or items (like Narnia); an imaginary society hidden within our earth (like the Wizarding World); a fictional Earth set in the remote past (like Middle-earth) or ...
[1] [2] The books appear in alphabetical order by title (beginning with S to Z) (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation. Science-fiction novels and short-story collections are not included here.
Others include science fiction, fantasy, horror, weird fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history. Genre fiction – fictional works (novels, short stories, etc.) written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre in order to ...
This catch-all genre includes, but is not limited to, science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, magical realism, [3] superhero fiction, alternate history, utopia and dystopia, fairy tales, steampunk, cyberpunk, weird fiction, and some apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. In other words, it speculates on something supposedly nonexistent ...
Andrei Belyanin's Sword with No Name; Hans Bemmann's The Enchanted trilogy; K. J. Bishop's The Etched City; Elizabeth H. Boyer's World of the Alfar, Wizard's War, and Skyla series; Marion Zimmer Bradley's [6] The Mists of Avalon [4] Gillian Bradshaw's Arthurian trilogy (Hawk of May, Kingdom of Summer, In Winter's Shadow) [4]
Novels and science-fiction short-story collections should not be included here: they have their own lists. This literature-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( October 2021 )