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This is a list of fantasy authors, authors known for writing works of fantasy, fantasy literature, or related genres of magic realism, horror fiction, science fantasy ...
This is likely because daydreams are often focused on the mental representations of social events, experiences, and people. The correlation between social daydreaming and positive social relationships suggests that daydreaming about close others can enhance social well-being, [ 12 ] reduce loneliness, [ 13 ] and increase relationship ...
It is a proposed diagnosis of a disordered form of dissociative absorption, associated with excessive fantasy that is not recognized by any major medical or psychological criteria. Maladaptive daydreaming can result in distress , can replace human interaction and may interfere with normal functioning such as social life or work. [ 1 ]
In psychology, fantasy is a broad range of mental experiences, mediated by the faculty of imagination in the human brain, and marked by an expression of certain desires through vivid mental imagery. Fantasies are generally associated with scenarios that are impossible or unlikely to happen.
A daydream is a visionary fantasy, especially one of happy, pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions, imagined as coming to pass, and experienced while awake. [114] There are many different types of daydreams, and there is no consistent definition amongst psychologists. [114] The general public also uses the term for a broad variety of experiences.
The name Walter Mitty and the derivative word "Mittyesque" have entered the English language, [6] denoting an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than paying attention to the real world, or more seriously, one who intentionally attempts to mislead or convince others that he is something that he is not.
It is influenced by the tropes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Perdido Street Station: 2000: N Continent: Andrzej Sapkowski: The fantasy setting of The Witcher franchise. The Witcher: 1986: C F G N T V Corona: R. A. Salvatore: World of The DemonWars Saga and The Highwayman: The Demon Awakens: 1997: N Darkover: Marion Zimmer Bradley
The title of the series comes from the name of a fictional street in Shadyside, which was named after the Fear family. Contextual clues in the text suggest Shadyside is either in southern New England or a northern Mid-Atlantic state of the US. Shalako, New Mexico Louis L'Amour: Shalako: Shaston, South Wessex Thomas Hardy: Thomas Hardy's Wessex