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“One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.”
— C.S. Lewis [1898-1963], in "The Chronicles of Narnia"
“Writing fantasy is like opening a door onto millions of people's dreams that they never knew they were having.”
— Michael Timmins
“Heralds don't sing about men who lived in orthodoxy or played it safe, they sing about men who lived an uncertain future
and took enough risks to make your head spin.”
— Evan Meekins, in "The Black Banner"
First, you have to define fantasy. Many works of fiction come close – the genres of science fiction, with sub-genres of space opera and robots, are coded elsewhere on this online bookstore – so that leaves magic and talking animals and the many styles of 'sword and sorcery' fiction. There are works of time travel that belong in science fiction and others that are non-science fantasy. So much fiction has non-magical fantasy elements - is Perry Mason real? is James Bond real? how realistic is Zorro? or Buffalo Bill? - that we have to resist inclusion here.
The contents of this page are personal selections, often from pages and topics coded and updated on these bookstores since 2001.
More will be added; you can suggest your book or a favorite from childhood or whatever seems apt - all suggestions will be given serious consideration for inclusion here (or alternatively, inclusion on one the 1,000 other coded pages of these five online bookstores.
'fantasy' entry at Wikipedia
'fantasy literature' entry at Wikipedia
browse books at the Fantasy Department at Amazon
search keywords for 'fantasy' {returns 200 keywords} at Internet Movie Database
Authors of Fantasy Fiction
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L. Frank Baum [1856-1919]
Films & TV based on the 'Wizard of Oz' Stories
Peter S. Beagle
Edgar Rice Burroughs [1875-1950]
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George MacDonald [1824-1905]
successful author in Britain (33 novels), mentor to Charles Dodson (Lewis Carroll)
browse books at Amazon •
entry at Wikipedia
 | "George MacDonald: The Complete Fantasy Collection - 8 Novels & 30+ Short Stories and Fairy Tales (Illustrated)" [2015] contains eight novels: "At The Back of The North Wind", "The Day Boy and The Night Girl", "The Flight of The Shadow", "Lilith: A Romance", "The Lost Princess: A Double Story", "Phantastes", "The Princess and Curdie", and "The Princess and The Goblin"; "The Portent and Other Stories" (7 stories); "Dealings With The Fairies" (5 stories); "Stephen Archer and Other Tales" (6 stories); and 24 other short stories Kindle Edition from e-artnow [10/2015] for 99¢ {sic} |
George R.R. Martin
"Game of Thrones" Novels & TV Page
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"The William P. McGivern Fantasy MEGAPACK : 25 Classic Fantasy Stories from the Pulps" [May 2015] by William P. McGivern
http://www.amazon.com/William-P-McGivern-Fantasy-MEGAPACK-ebook/dp/B00XF463KE/
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Sir Terry Pratchett, OBE [1948-2015]
http://www.amazon.com/Terry-Pratchett/e/B000AQ0NN8/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld
Discworld Emporium Store [est. 1991] in Wincanton, Somerset, U.K.
 | "Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far" [2014] by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs Kindle Edition from HarperCollins Publrs [4/2014] for $3.99 Harper 8x5¼ pb [3/2015] for $8.92 Harper 9x6 hardcover [4/2014] for $21.99 "The New Discworld Companion" [2003] Victor Gollancz 9¼x6 pb [3/2003] - overpriced! Victor Gollancz mass pb [9/2003] out of print/used B.C.A. hardcover [3/2003] out of print/used "The Discworld Companion: The Definitive - and Only - Guide" [1994] Victor Gollancz 8x5½ pb [10/95] out of print/used Victor Gollancz 9¼x6 hardcover [1994] out of print/used |
 | "The Compleat Discworld Atlas: Of General & Descriptive Geography Which Together With New Maps and Gazetteer Forms A Compleat Guide To Our World & All It Encompasses" [2015] by Terry Pratchett, Aided & Abetted by The Discworld Emporium Doubleday UK 10½x8 hardcover [11/2015] for $25.80 Doubleday hardcover [11/2015] for $48.44 |
J.K. Rowling
"Harry Potter" Books & Movies Page
"Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them" Books & Movies Page
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Fred Saberhagen
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J.R.R. Tolkien [1892-1973] Page
"The Hobbit" [1937]
"Lord of The Rings" Books & Movies Page
 | "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of The Rings" Box Set Kindle Edition from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [2/2012] 4 book bundle for $39.96 Del Rey mass pb box set [9/2012] 4 books for $22.49 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt deluxe mass pb box set [2014] 4 books for $27.47 |
Andrey Vasilyev
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. [1922-2007]
E.B. White [1899-1985] Page
author of popular "Charlotte's Web" [] and "Stuart Little" [1945]
Classic and Selected Fantasy Fiction Works
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"A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" [] by Mark Twain [1835-1910]
"Alice In Wonderland" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Animal Farm" [1945 novel] Page
"Atlas Shrugged" [1957 novel] by Ayn Rand [1905-82]
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daily comics adventure hero Brick Bradford, 1933-87
The Brick Bradford character began as a daily & Sunday comic strip [1933-87] by William Ritt & Clarence Gray, later taken over by Paul Norris; stories were also published
among the Big Little Book series (circa 1934) and as comic books (circa 1938-1948); the 1948 serial is the only Brick Bradford movie made.
'Brick Bradford' comic strip entry at Wikipedia •
'Brick Bradford' page at Toonopedia fansite
 | "Brick Bradford: Amazing Soldier of Fortune" 15-chapter serial [Columbia Pictures Dec 1947] This serial is the only Brick Bradford movie made, and it has Brick and girlfriend June travel to the backside of the Moon to prevent the villain from activating a death ray that could obliterate life on Earth. Chapter Titles: 1. Atomic Defense, 2. Flight To The Moon, 3. Prisoners of The Moon, 4. Into The Volcano, 5. Bradford At Bay, 6. Back To Earth, 7. Into Another Century, 8. Buried Treasure, 9. Trapped In The Time Top, 10. The Unseen Hand, 11. Poison Gas, 12. Door of Disaster, 13. Sinister Rendezvous, 14. River of Revenge, and 15. For The Peace of The World • Produced by Sam Katzman; directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Thomas Carr; screenplay George H. Plympton, Arthur Hoerl & Lewis Clay; starring Kane Richmond, Rick Vallin, Linda Leighton/Linda Johnson, Pierre Watkin, Charles Quigley, Jack Ingram, Fred Graham, John Merton, Leonard Penn, Wheeler Oakman, Carol Forman, Charles King, John Hart, Helene Stanley, Robert Barron, Stanley Blystone, George DeNormand, Frank Ellis, Nelson Leigh, Al Ferguson, Noel Neill, Stanley Price, Marshall Reed, Gene Roth VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia watch all 15 chapters [5/2015 uploads] online at YouTube |
 | "Brick Bradford" comic book [Oct 1948 #6]
Published by Standard Comics & King Syndicate; cover art by Alex Schomburg?; story titles: "Caught In The Act", "The March of Doom", "Robot On The Rampage", "In The Hands of The Enemy", "Brick Turns The Tables", "Torpedo Attack", "The Harsh Tramp of Death", and "Triumph Over Terror!" comic book not found on Amazon nor elsewhere "Brick Bradford (Luc Bradefer), Volume 1: Le Voyage dans La Piece de Monnaie" [1980] Slatkine B.D. French-language pb [1980] imported/scarce "Brick Bradford (Luc Bradefer), Volume 2: La Fortresse de La Peur" [1980] Slatkine B.D. French-language pb - not found on Amazon nor elsewhere Futuropolis French-language 9¾x12¼ hardcover [1985] for $71.36 {sic} "Brick Bradford (Luc Bradefer), Volume 3: four stories" [1986] Futuropolis French-language 9¾x12¼ hardcover [1986] imported/scarce |
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Spirit of America Bookstore's Kipling's "The Jungle Books" Stories & Movies Page
King Arthur Pages at Spirit of America
"The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince)" Novel & Movies Page
"The Nutcracker" Story & Ballet & Movies Page
"Peter Pan" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
'Uncle Remus' Tales by Joel Chandler Harris [1848-1908]
"Winnie The Pooh" Books & Movies Page
The 'Wizard of Oz' Books Page
Films of L. Frank Baum's 'Land of Oz' Page
Wonder Woman comics superheroine Page
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"The Little Grey Men" [1942] by Denys Watkins-Pitchford under the pseudonym 'BB'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Grey_Men
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Grey-Julie-Andrews-Collection/dp/0060554487/
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Grey-Slightly-Foxed-Cubs/dp/1910898066/
"The Bear Went Over the Mountain" [11/1997] by William Kotzwinkle
The story of a bear who finds a manuscript in the woods in maine, steals a suit of clothes, and sets off to the big city looking for fame and fortune.
Despite being rather large and hairy as writers go, he takes the literary world by storm; book alternates between silly and satirical.
http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Went-Over-Mountain-Novel/dp/0805054383/
http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Went-Mountain-William-Kotzwinkle/dp/1417618205/
 | "Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction - Classic Stories That Inspired C.S. Lewis" [2008] Edited & with Commentary by Douglas A. Anderson Kindle Edition from Del Rey/Random House [2008 edition] for $11.99 Del Rey 9¼x6¼ pb [3/2008] for $15.00 The most-important piece here is “The Wood That Time Forgot: The Enchanted Wood”, excerpted from a never-before-published fantasy by Lewis’s biographer & friend Roger Lancelyn Green that directly inspired "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"; also influences “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, “The Child and The Giant” fairytale by Owen Barfield, “The Coloured Lands" by G.K. Chesterton, “The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton” by Charles Dickens, “Undine” by Fouqué, “The Wind In The Willows” by Kenneth Grahame, “The Wish House” by Rudyard Kipling, “Tegner's Drapa” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Magic Mirror” by George MacDonald, “Fastosus & Avaro” by John Macgowan, “A King's Lesson” by William Morris, “The Aunt and Amabel” by Edith Nesbit, “The Tapestried Chamber” by Sir Walter Scott, “The Waif Woman” by Robert Louis Steven-son, “Letters From Hell” by Valdemar Thisted, “The Dragon's Visit” poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, and “Et In Septiternum Pereant” by Charles Williams |
"Estranged" [ages 8-12, 8/2018] graphic novel by Ethan M. Aldridge
a quintessential fantasy adventure featuring a human boy and the changeling who took his place.
HarperCollins, $12.99 paperback, 9780062653864
Collections & Anthologies
European Literary Fantasy Anthologies
"The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales" [Feb 1991] by Brian Stableford
http://www.amazon.com/Dedalus-Fatales-European-Literary-Anthologies/dp/0946626774/
"The Dedalus Book of Dutch Fantasy" [Nov 1994] by Richard Huijing
http://www.amazon.com/Dedalus-Fantasy-European-Literary-Anthologies/dp/0946626693/
"The Dedalus Book of Greek Fantasy" [April 2004] by David Connolly
http://www.amazon.com/Dedalus-Greek-Fantasy-Literary-Anthologies/dp/1873982844/
"The Dedalus Book of Spanish Fantasy" [Feb 2015]
http://www.amazon.com/SPANISH-FANTASY-Literary-Fantasy-Anthologies/dp/1873982186/
"The Dedalus Book of Portuguese Fantasy" [Feb 2015]
http://www.amazon.com/Portuguese-Fantasy-European-Literary-Anthologies/dp/1873982666/
"The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy" [Feb 2015] by Wiesiek Powaga
http://www.amazon.com/Dedalus-Fantasy-European-Literary-Anthologies-ebook/dp/B008GRP3XS/
"The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: The 19th Century" [July 2015] by Brian Stableford
http://www.amazon.com/Dedalus-Book-British-Fantasy-Anthologies-ebook/dp/B0131FWPJO/
"The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy, 1890-2000" [] by Michael Mitchell
http://www.amazon.com/Dedalus-Book-Austrian-Fantasy-1890-2000/dp/1903517133/
 | "A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of The Fantastic" anthology [1994] Edited & with Introduction by Margaret Weis 20 short stories as seen through the eyes of bestselling Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award masters, including: Gregory Benford, Nancy Varian Berberick, eluki bes shahar, Orson Scott Card, L. Sprague de Camp, Barbara Delaplace, Gordon R. Dickson, David Drake, Esther Friesner, Craig Shaw Gardner, Marc Laidlaw, George R.R. Martin, Anne McCaffrey, Patricia A. McKillip, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Mike Resnick, Steve Rasnic Tern, Lois Tilton, Joan D. Vinge, Jane Yolen, Roger Zelazny Kindle Edition from Aspect/Hachette [12/2008] for $9.99 Aspect 9x6 pb [10/94] for $8.96 Aspect mass pb [8/2000] out of print/used Severn House Publrs 8¾x5¾ library hardcover [11/95] out of print/used |
 | "Legends: New/Novels - Stories By The Masters of Modern Fantasy" [1998] Edited by Robert Silverberg 11 stories by well-known fantasy authors Orson Scott Card, Raymond E. Feist, Terry Goodkind, Stephen King, Robert Jordan, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Anne McCaffrey, Terry Pratchett, editor Silverberg, Tad Williams Kindle Edition from Tor Books/Macmillan [2001 edition] for $11.99 Tor Fantasy 8¾x7 pb [8/2001] for $21.28 Tor Books 9½x6½ hardcover [8/98] for $19.44 |
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"The Treasury of The Fantastic: Romanticism To Early Twentieth Century Literature" [2000] Edited by David Sandner & Jacob Weisman, Foreword by Peter S. Beagle short stories and a few poems, from 1816 to 1921; authors are William Austin, Max Beerbohm, Ambrose Bierce, Lord Byron, Lewis Carroll ('Jabber-wocky', 1871), Robert W. Chambers, Lucy Clifford, Samuel Taylor Coleridge ('Kubla Khan', 1816), Walter de La Mare, Emily Dickinson, Lord Dunsany, Juliana Horatia Ewing, E.M. Forster, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Kenneth Grahame ('The Reluctant Dragon', 1898), Nathaniel Hawthorne, A.E. Housman, Laurence Housman, I.A. Ireland, Washington Irving, W.W. Jacobs, Henry James, M.R. James, John Keats, Rudyard Kipling ('They', 1904), J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Edward Lear, George MacDonald, Richard Middleton, Kenneth Morris, Edith Nesbit, Margaret Oliphant, Edgar Allan Poe, Christina Rossetti, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson ('The Bottle Imp', 1891), Frank R. Stockton, Alfred Lord Tennyson ('Morte d'Arthur', 1842), Mark Twain ('The Mysterious Stranger', 1916), H.G. Wells, Edith Wharton, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf ('A Haunted House', 1921), W.B. Yeats Kindle Edition from Tachyon Publns [2nd edition 5/2013] for $7.99 Tachyon Publns 2nd edition 9x6 pb [8/2013] for $17.74 Frog Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2000] for $14.04 |
 | "D.A.W. 30th Anniversary Fantasy Anthology" [2002] Edited by Betsy Wollheim & Sheila Gilbert A celebration of 30 years of publishing fantasy novels, eighteen brand new short fantasy stories written specifi-cally for this anthology; the authors are: Lynn Abbey, Kristen Britain, Larry Dixon, Jane Fancher, Tanya Huff, Phyllis Irene, Marjorie Kellogg, Mercedes Lackey, Tanith Lee, Andre Norton, Fiona Patton, Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Deborah Ross, Michael Shea, Christopher Stasheff, Michelle West, Miriam Zucker D.A.W. Books mass pb [5/2003] for $9.95 D.A.W. Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2002] for $33.31 |
 | "The Secret History of Fantasy" anthology [2010] Edited by Peter S. Beagle 19 innovative tales where mythology, fairy tales, and archetypes are reimagined into a new style of storytelling; authors are: editor Beagle, Aimee Bender, Terry Bisson, Francesca Lia Block, T.C. Boyle, Octavia E. Butler, Susanna Clarke, Jeffrey Ford, Neil Gaiman, Robert Holdstock, Kij Johnson, Stephen King, Jonathan Lethem, Gregory Maguire, Yann Martel, Maureen McHugh, Patricia A. McKillip, Stephen Millhauser & Michael Swannwick; and two essays by David G. Hartwell & Ursula K. Le Guin Tachyon Publns 9x6½ pb [9/2010] for $13.50 |
"Fantastic Worlds" [October 14, 2016]
http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Worlds-Cameron-Dayton/dp/1944452532/
 | "The New Voices of Fantasy" [2017] Edited by Peter S. Beagle & Jacob Weisman contains two essays by editors Beagle & Weisman and 19 short fantasy stories by Brooke Bolander, Amal El-Mohtar, Eugene Fischer, Max Gladstone, Maria Dahvana Headley, Ben Loory, Carmen Maria Machado, Usman T. Malik, Sarah Pinsker, Hannu Rajaniemi, Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Sofia Samatar, Kelly Sandoval, Chris Tarry, Ursula Vernon, A.C. Wise, Alyssa Wong, J.Y. Yang, E. Lily Yu Kindle Edition from Tachyon Publns [8/2017] for $4.50 Tachyon Publns 9½x6½ pb [8/2017] for $11.52 |
"Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book One" [Aug 2018] by Neil A. Hogan & Patrick S. Baker
Seven speculative stories by fantasy writers from around the world.
http://www.amazon.com/Fantasy-Short-Stories-Anthology-Book-ebook/dp/B07GTCBXR2/
Kindle Editions
Amazon's Kindle Store
 | "The Fantasy Megapack™: 20 Modern & Classic Tales" for Kindle [2015] {cover is incorrect!} - a grab-bag anthology of 24 great short fantasy stories by authors F. Anstey, R.H. Barlow (5), James H. Beard, John Gregory Betancourt (3), Robert Bloch, Dorothy Donnell Calhoun, Lester del Rey (2), Philip K. Dick [1928-82], Marylois Dunn, Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Janet Fox (2), Morris W. Gowen, Edmond Hamilton, Robert E. Howard [1906-36], Robert W. Lowndes, Mack Reynolds, Henry S. Whitehead Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [10/2015] for 99¢ {sic} |
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"Fireflies & Fairy Dust: A Fantasy Anthology" for Kindle [2018]
includes stories by Norma Bishop, Kerry E.B. Black, Candice Conner, Jewel Eliese, Joe Euclide, Mandy Eve-Barnett, Alicia Gaile, Artyv K, Marya Layth, Autumn Lindsey, Amanda Linsmeier, Cara Masset, Jamie McLachlan, Aisha Mohamed, A.N. Moore, Kim Plasket, Haley Pritzl, Shirani Rajapakse, Robert Rogler, Bianca M. Schwarz, Kennedy Vega, Leslie Wibberley Kindle Edition from Eu-2 Publng [3/2018] for $2.99 |
Works About Fantasy Fiction
mythologist Joseph Campbell [1904-87] Page
American Folklore, Tall Tales, and Legends Page
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 | "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" [1997] by John Clute & John Grant
St. Martin's Griffin 9¼x7½ pb [3/99] out of print/many used St. Martin's Press hardcover [1997] out of print/used Palgrave Macmillan 9½x7¾ hardcover [5/97] out of print/40+ used |
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"The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy: The Definitive Illustrated Guide" [1998] Edited by David Pringle, Foreword by Terry Pratchett Carlton Books 11x9 3rd edition pb [3/2008] for $64.02 Carlton Books 11½x9½ 2nd edition hardcover [11/2006] for $50.58 Overlook Books 11¾x9¼ hardcover [3/99] for $35.00 Carlton Books 11¼x9 hardcover [1998] for $43.07 |
 | "The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensible Compendium of Myth and Magic" [1998] from Writer's Digest, Introduction by Terry Brooks Writer's Digest Books 9x6 pb [11/2000] for $32.91 Writer's Digest Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/98] out of print/many used |
 | "Myths and Magic: The Complete Fantasy Reference" [1999] Introduction by Terry Brooks Titan Books Ltd 9x6 pb [3/99] out of print/used could be British edition of the book just above, but info is scarce |
 | "Fantasy Encyclopedia: A Guide To Fabulous Beasts and Magical Beings - From Elves and Dragons To Vampires and Wizards" [grades 5-9; 2005] by Judy Allen, Foreword by Jonathan Stroud Kingfisher 11x8¾ hardcover [10/2005] out of print/70+ used |
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"The Complete Encyclopedia of Fantasy: Stories & Themes • Characters & Creatures • TV & Movies • Games" [2009] Edited by David Pringle, ??,, ??, Brian Langford, Foreword by Terry Pratchett Carlton Books 11x9 pb [9/2009] out of print/used |
 | "The Guide To Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction: 6 Steps To Writing and Publishing Your Bestseller!" [2010] by Philip Athans, Introduction & Original Story by R.A. Salvatore
Kindle Edition from Adams Media/Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [7/2010] for $11.99 Adams Media 8½x5½ pb [7/2010] for $13.59 |
 | "Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: How to Create Out-of-This-World Novels and Short Stories" [2013] by Orson Scott Card, Philip Athans, Jay Lake, and Editors of Writer's Digest
Writer's Digest Books 2nd edition pb [9/2013] for $19.99 |
 | "Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide To Creating Imaginative Fiction" [2013] by Jeff VanderMeer, Illustrated by Jeremy Zerfoss Kindle Edition from Abrams Image [rev 7/2018] for $2.99 Harry N. Abrams 10x7 2nd edition pb [7/2018] for $16.99 |
 | "Writing Monsters: How To Craft Believably Terrifying Creatures To Enhance Your Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction" [2014] by Philip Athans, Foreword by The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society Kindle Edition from Writer's Digest Books [8/2014] for $9.99 Writer's Digest Books 8¼x5½ pb [9/2014] for $15.07 |
Fantasy Creatures Department
 | "Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures: 1,087 Renderings From Historic Sources" [1981] by Richard Huber
Kindle Edition from Dover Publns [5/2013] for $9.99 Dover Publns 12½x9½ pb [10/81] for $14.95 |
 | "The Mythical Creatures Bible: The Definitive Guide To Legendary Beings" [2009] by Brenda Rosen Sterling pb [3/2009] for $11.03 |
Movies & Television
search keywords for 'fantasy' {returns 200 keywords} at Internet Movie Database
Fantasy Film Festival at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Science Fiction Film Festival at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Cyber Film Festival at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
cinema master Federico Fellini [1920-93] of Italy
cinema pioneer Georges Méliès [1861-1938] of France
Gojira/Godzilla Movie Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Tarzan' Movies Page
"Thomas the Tank Engine" Books & Toys & TV Pages
Stageplays, Other Media
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"Dragon Magazine Archive: 250 Issues of Dragon Magazine" on multimedia CD [1999]
One of two official magazines for "Dungeons & Dragons"; print issues #1-#359 published 1976 to 2007; online magazine issues #360 to #430 published 2007 to 2013; this product is designed for PC use, only partly Apple-Mac compatible indep multimedia CD [1999] 5 disks - out of prodn/used |
Image Gallery
Selected Quotations
“It is said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things. Science fiction is the improbable made possible, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination “Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown “All stories are ultimately about the fall.” — J.R.R. Tolkien [1892-1973]
“Fantasy fiction is essentially about the concept of power; great fantasy fiction is about people who find it at great cost or lose it tragically; “This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.” — David Gemmell
“You never know what you're gonna find when you look under those covers - grandma or the wolf.” — Betsy Schow
“Fantasy is a reaction to the constraints of reality.” — Stewart Stafford
“I propose to speak about fairy-stories, though I am aware that this is a rash adventure. Faërie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls
and fantasy is the impossible made probable." — Rod Serling [1924-75]
embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” — Michael Scott
and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer.
Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end.” — George R.R. Martin
mediocre fantasy fiction is about people who have it and never lose it but simply wield it.” — Stephen King
for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold.” — J.R.R. Tolkien [1892-1973], in "Tolkien On Fairy-Stories"
L i n k s
'fantasy' entry at Wikipedia
'fantasy literature' entry at Wikipedia
browse books at the Fantasy Department at Amazon
Fantasy Film Festival at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Cyber Film Festival at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Science Fiction Film Festival at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
here on the Science Fiction Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
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