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Martha Wells (born 1964), author of City of Bones and The Books of the Raksura; Django Wexler, author of The Shadow Campaigns; Suzanne Weyn (born 1955), author of children's and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels and numerous film novelizations; Chuck Whelon (born 1969) cartoonist and creator of the humorous fantasy webcomic serial ...
This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature [171] [172] —or, more precisely, of high fantasy, [173] as in the work of authors such as Ursula Le Guin and her Earthsea series. [174] In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". [175]
Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, particularly of science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. He has worked as an editor and is also a successful musician.
It was not until 1923 that the term "fantasist" was used to describe a writer (in this case, Oscar Wilde) who wrote fantasy fiction. [49] The name "fantasy" was not developed until later; as late as J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the term "fairy tale" was still being used. An important factor in the development of the fantasy genre was the ...
In the fantasy miniature game Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the background of Bretonnia is strongly based on Arthurian legends, including the Grail and the Lady of the Lake. King Arthur alongside many of his knights appear under stylized names in the card game Yugioh in the "Knight of the Round Table" set. Merlin, the Lady of the Lake and Avalon ...
An important factor in the development of the fantasy genre was the arrival of magazines devoted to fantasy fiction. The first such publication was the German magazine Der Orchideengarten which ran from 1919 to 1921. [55] In 1923, the first English-language fantasy fiction magazine, Weird Tales, was created. [56]
Pages in category "Films based on fantasy novels" The following 129 pages are in this category, out of 129 total. ... Monkey Magic: The Movie; A Monster Calls (film)
These are lists of works of fiction that have been made into feature films. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work’s author and the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest ...