Fantasy
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)
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