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* [[high fantasy]] (''[[Lord of the Rings]]'') | * [[high fantasy]] (''[[Lord of the Rings]]'') | ||
* [[contemporary fantasy]], including [[urban fantasy]], [[elfpunk]] | * [[contemporary fantasy]], including [[urban fantasy]], [[elfpunk]], [[paranormal chick-lit]] | ||
* [[dark fantasy]] | * [[dark fantasy]] | ||
* [[magical realism]] | * [[magical realism]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:31, 14 April 2010
For purposes of this site, SF includes fantasy & related subgenres.
For purposes of defining or categorizing works within particular genres, the term "fantasy" might include:
- high fantasy (Lord of the Rings)
- contemporary fantasy, including urban fantasy, elfpunk, paranormal chick-lit
- dark fantasy
- magical realism
- science fantasy
- romantic fantasy
- alternate history (which can be either science fiction or fantasy or, sometimes, both)
- Bangsian fantasy
- comic fantasy (Terry Pratchett, Chicks in Chainmail series)
- erotic fantasy
- hard fantasy
- heroic fantasy
- historical fantasy
- domestic fantasy
- urban fantasy (two strains: the first, centered around interfaces between urban life and fantasy -- usually fae / faery-related, occasionally witchcraft or some other kind of magic -- and the second more recent genre, drawn from Anne Rice and then related particularly to paranormal romance and to vampire fiction)
with relationships to: