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List of high fantasy fiction

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This list contains a variety of examples of high fantasy or epic fantasy fiction. The list is ordered alphabetically by author or originator's last name. A separate section is included for non-print media.

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  1. ^ Long, James (May 17, 2012). "Epic Fantasy Revitalised: The King's Blood by Daniel Abraham". Orbit Books Blog. Orbit Books. Retrieved March 25, 2020. it's an epic fantasy in every sense of the term, full of deadly politics, battles and ancient secrets
  2. ^ a b "The 30 Best Fantasy Book Series of All Time". pastemagazine.com. February 22, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Discovering Your "Brand" of Fantasy - The Hub". ala.org. April 3, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
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  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Dozois, Gardner (1997). "Preface". Modern Classics of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. xvi–xvii. ISBN 031215173X.
  7. ^ "Fiction Book Review: The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett, Author . Del Rey $25 (416p) ISBN 978-0-345-50380-0". Publishers Weekly. March 12, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Brett's debut builds slowly and grimly on a classic high fantasy framework of black-and-white morality and bloodshed.
  8. ^ Christensen, Ceridwen (February 22, 2017). "6 Reasons We Love the Green Rider Books (and You Will Too) - The B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog". B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog. Retrieved March 24, 2020. The Green Rider series books offer just about everything a fan of high fantasy could hope for...
  9. ^ "Fangrrls' SFF book release picks for June". May 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Fortress of Owls by C. J. Cherryh, Author HarperPrism $24 (406p) ISBN 978-0-06-105054-1". Publishers Weekly. January 4, 1999. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Tristen, a young man summoned and ""shaped"" into the world by the wizard Mauryl in Fortress in the Eye of Time (1995) takes up, in the third book of this high fantasy series,
  11. ^ "Water Sleeps - Glen Cook - Macmillan". macmillan.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  12. ^ Lake, Jay (March 28, 2018). Trial of Flowers: A Novel of the City Imperishable. Night Shade Books. ISBN 9781597800563. Retrieved March 28, 2018 – via Google Books.
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  14. ^ Gunn, James E. (2013). Paratexts: Introductions to science fiction and fantasy. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 123. ISBN 9780810891227. Stephen R. Donaldson's Lord Foul's Bane is a High Fantasy that is often compared with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings ... but Donaldson's approach to his Secondary World, the Land, differs in remarkable ways
  15. ^ "Fiction Book Review: ENCHANTER: Book Two of the Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass, Author . Tor $27.95 (512p) ISBN 978-0-312-87582-4". Publishers Weekly. October 1, 2001. Retrieved March 29, 2018. This romantic high fantasy starts slowly, bouncing between a confusing array of characters established in the first book of the series, The Wayfarer Redemption (2001)
  16. ^ Somers, Jeff (August 29, 2016). "The Forgetting Moon Is a Heavy Metal Fantasy That Does Nothing in Moderation". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  17. ^ Joshi, S.T. (April 1, 2016). Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (ed.). The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Routledge. ISBN 9781317044253. Retrieved March 29, 2018 – via Google Books. Later works by Dunsany, including the scintillating novel The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924), return to the tone of high fantasy of his earlier writing
  18. ^ "10 fantasy novels that would make great TV shows". Christian Science Monitor. June 21, 2011.
  19. ^ ago, WiC Staff 1 year (April 15, 2017). "Small Council: What books should you read as you wait for The Winds of Winter?".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Katz, Demian (August 24, 2006). "Series - SwordQuest". Demian's Gamebook Web Page. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  21. ^ "San Diego Magazine". San Diego Magazine Publishing Company. November 1, 1988 – via Google Books.
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  23. ^ "Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) – Goodkind, Terry". UK. Retrieved April 3, 2018 – via SF Encyclopedia.
  24. ^ D'Ammassa, Don (April 22, 2015). Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction. Infobase Learning. ISBN 9781438140636. Retrieved April 3, 2018 – via Google Books. The works of Robert Jordan, George R. R. Martin, and Terry Goodkind are typical high fantasy
  25. ^ a b Snow, Cason (2008). "Dragons in the stacks: an introduction to role-playing games and their value to libraries". Collection Building. 27 (2): 63–70. doi:10.1108/01604950810870218. For Dungeons and Dragons, both TSR and WotC produced additional settings that can be used with the core rules, two of the most popular being the magic-punk Eberron ... and the high fantasy Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting.
  26. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Rhapsody: Child of Blood by Elizabeth Haydon, Author Tor Books $24.95 (479p) ISBN 978-0-312-86752-2". publishersweekly.com. September 1999. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  27. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Mad Ship by Robin Hobb, Author Spectra Books $24.95 (656p) ISBN 978-0-553-10333-5". publishersweekly.com. April 1999. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  28. ^ Wish Upon A Time: The Legendary Scimitar (Fantasy) (September 1, 2010). Wish Upon A Time: The Legendary Scimitar (Fantasy): Nabila Jamshed: 9789380040066: Amazon.com: Books. ROMAN Books. ISBN 978-9380040066.
  29. ^ The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy) (October 1, 2010). The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy): N. K. Jemisin: 9780316043922: Amazon.com: Books. Orbit. ISBN 978-0316043922.
  30. ^ Clute, John; Grant, John (March 15, 1999). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312198695. Retrieved March 28, 2018 – via Google Books.
  31. ^ StephenKing.com. "The Dark Tower - Books". stephenking.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  32. ^ a b Rogers, Brett M.; Stevens, Benjamin Eldon (December 26, 2016). Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy. Oxford University Press. pp. 27–28. ISBN 9780190661076. Retrieved January 30, 2018 – via Google Books.
  33. ^ "A Fantasy Author Debuts – But First, the Prequels". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  34. ^ Gorrey, Megan (December 25, 2017). "True crime, fantasy, self-help: Most popular books at Canberra's prison library". Canberra Times.
  35. ^ Kokkola, Lydia (2017). "Simplified Minds: Empathy and Mind-Modeling in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle". In Moruzi, Kristine; Smith, Michelle J.; Bullen, Elizabeth (eds.). Affect, Emotion, and Children's Literature: Representation and Socialisation in Texts for Children and Young Adults. Routledge. ISBN 9781351971638.
  36. ^ "How Terry Pratchett's Discworld Has Evolved". The Artifice. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  37. ^ "What can we expect from the Discworld TV series?". denofgeek.com. March 7, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
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  39. ^ "Article 1 - Teaching Pullman's Northern Lights". May 28, 2018.
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  41. ^ "EVE OF SNOWS". IndieReader. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
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  44. ^ Sieben, Cole S. (July 1, 2022). "Mastery of Morality and Wings of Fire". Substack. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
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  49. ^ "CultureLab: Sci-fi universes featuring both magic and science". www.newscientist.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010.
  50. ^ Alexander Zorich, writer. Alexander Zorich. Writer, scenarist. "Alexander Zorich. Writer, scenarist. Worlds. The Circle of Lands: Sarmontazara and Blue Alustral". Zorich.ru. Retrieved January 7, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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