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Or why a chimera is three times worse than most monsters?
What would be better for storming castles, a trebuchet or a kopesh?
To find the answers to these questions, you need this fascinating guide to transport yourself to fantasy's mysterious worlds. Featuring an introduction by mega-best-selling author Terry Brooks, the "Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference" reveals the facts behind the fantasy, giving you the details you need to make your fiction vibrant, captivating and original.
From classic medieval witchcraft to ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, every chapter will spark your creativity. An invaluable resource, it will also help you fill your writing with inventive new ideas rooted in accurate descriptions of the world's most intriguing legends, folklore and mysticism.
Take this guide, venture into the fantastic, and create magical realms alive with detail. Great stories await you!
At the heart of most traditional fantasy milieux is a culture derived from that of the European Middle Ages, in large part the medieval societies of what are now Great Britain, France and Germany. Read the first page
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Some readers will find information detailed in the arms and armour section to be inaccurate, for example information on the English longbow implies that it would not have been capable of the feats achieved at Agincourt.
This book should not be used as the only reference source of an aspiring fantasy author, but rather as a basis for new ideas further from the clichés usually associated with this genre. In particular the sections on magic, witchcraft and fantasy races offers a great deal of food for thought that could add spice to any fantasy novel.
Now, as you might expect with a book that tries to be all things to all people, since it cannot have an infinite amount of information on all subjects, this book functions as an introduction, giving the reader (and writer) enough information to understand the concepts presented. In fact, I must say that the sections on magic and witchcraft were quite excellent and highly informative.
Therefore let me just say this, if you are a fantasy writer, either actual or aspiring, then this is a book you *must* read. I have found this to be a great source of information and ideas, and I know that you will as well. Get this book!
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