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A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume.
Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, [1] instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms. [2]
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.
This category is for articles about words first found in fiction - but not for names of fictional characters that are used in other contexts, like Svengali, Don Juan or Darth Vader. Pages in category "Words originating in fiction"
For example, jazz is a genre of music. Fantasy is a genre of fiction, and more specifically, a genre of speculative fiction. Genre of fiction – fiction is a form of narrative which deals, in part or in whole, with events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and invented by its author(s). Although fiction often describes a major branch ...
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 ...
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]