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This masterful follow-up to the 1993 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is an essential purchase for anyone who's serious about fantasy. Those who are serious about horror will also find it an excellent reference. The works of prolific and confusing authors such as Michael Moorcock, as well as authors such as J R R Tolkien, who have many posthumously published fragments are explained with admirable clarity. Especially fascinating are the numerous terms for motifs and themes, constituting what the editors call a map of the many "fuzzy sets" in the universe of fantasy fiction--terms such as "crosshatch," "polder" and "water margin." There are many entries on horror movies and the better-known horror writers (only writers who write no fantasy, such as Richard Laymon, are excluded). You'll also find carefully written definitions of horror, dark fantasy, supernatural fiction, gothic fiction, sychological thrillers and weird fiction. Locus calls The Encyclopedia of Fantasy "massive and welcome" and writes: "This will be the standard reference for years to come." --Amazon.com
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This guide to the inexhaustible realms of fantasy is addictive. The excellent cross-referencing system lures you from one entry to the next and before you know it the afternoon has passed you by! With over 4,000 entries and over a million words, this huge volume is the first comprehensive encylopedia of the fantasy field, covering literature, film, television, opera, art and comics, from precursers such as Shakespeare and Dante, through Lewis Carroll and JRR Tolkien to contemporary practitioners such as Ursula K LeGuin and Jostein Gaarder, with Cthulhu Mythos, the Munsters and Sanskrit literature along the way. (Kirkus UK)
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This masterful follow-up to the 1993 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is an essential purchase for anyone who's serious about fantasy. Those who are serious about horror will also find it an excellent reference. The works of prolific and confusing authors such as Michael Moorcock, as well as authors such as J R R Tolkien, who have many posthumously published fragments are explained with admirable clarity. Especially fascinating are the numerous terms for motifs and themes, constituting what the editors call a map of the many "fuzzy sets" in the universe of fantasy fiction--terms such as "crosshatch," "polder" and "water margin." There are many entries on horror movies and the better-known horror writers (only writers who write no fantasy, such as Richard Laymon, are excluded). You'll also find carefully written definitions of horror, dark fantasy, supernatural fiction, gothic fiction, sychological thrillers and weird fiction. Locus calls The Encyclopedia of Fantasy "massive and welcome" and writes: "This will be the standard reference for years to come." --Amazon.com
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This guide to the inexhaustible realms of fantasy is addictive. The excellent cross-referencing system lures you from one entry to the next and before you know it the afternoon has passed you by! With over 4,000 entries and over a million words, this huge volume is the first comprehensive encylopedia of the fantasy field, covering literature, film, television, opera, art and comics, from precursers such as Shakespeare and Dante, through Lewis Carroll and JRR Tolkien to contemporary practitioners such as Ursula K LeGuin and Jostein Gaarder, with Cthulhu Mythos, the Munsters and Sanskrit literature along the way. (Kirkus UK)
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