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The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History: John M. Ford: Fantasy alternate history combining vampires, the Medicis, and the convoluted English politics surrounding Edward IV and Richard III. Kelly Country: A. Bertram Chandler: Australian bushranger and rebel Ned Kelly leads a successful revolution against British colonial rule. The result is that ...
In terms of books, fantasy might be the oldest literary genre, dating back to ancient texts like the Illiad and Beowulf. The most moving stories use magical devices as a foil for the real world ...
From 'Children of Blood and Bone' to 'A Wrinkle in Time,' here are the 20 best fantasy books to indulge your inner child.
From the "Lord of the Rings" to "Game of Thrones," here are 35 fantasy books worth escaping reality for.
Although many fantasy novels of this time proved popular, it was not until 1977's The Sword of Shannara that publishers found the sort of breakthrough success they had hoped for. The book became the first fantasy novel to appear on, and eventually top the New York Times bestseller list. As a result, the genre saw a boom in the number of titles ...
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Here are the best new fantasy and sci-fi books to read in 2024, from authors including Heather Fawcett, Nisi Shawl, Danielle L. Jensen, and Sofia Samatar.
Morris's work represented an important milestone in the history of fantasy, as while other writers wrote of foreign lands or of dream worlds, Morris was the first to set his stories in an entirely invented world. [46] Authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde also contributed to the development of fantasy with their writing of horror ...