![]() ![]() Fantasy, for our purposes, is everything else that tickles our less-skeptical side. If it features the extraterrestrial, we'd call that science fiction, or ghost stories, which we consider horror. In general, we're considering stories that include an element of the unexplainable. Lewis and Lewis Carroll as the pinnacle of the form. Originating from the oral tradition of folklore and stories told around ancient campfires, some consider mythology and epics, like The Odyssey,to be the purest form of fantasy, while others point to the likes of J.R.R. ![]() Now, the best fantasy books aren't all dusty tomes that have been passed down for generations.Īs the oldest genre of literature on record, what constitutes fantasy often depends on who you ask. As an adult, I still treasure that first foray into other realms, but my appetite for fantasy has diversified. For years, hobbits, wizards and elves populated my dreams as the stories I heard enriched and expanded my own imagination. Tolkien's fantastical tales of adventure in Middle Earth every night before I fell asleep. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |