Urban fantasy

In Mandel’s Station 11, he envisions a time in which civilization is wiped off the face of Earth due to a flu epidemic. The book describes an area called the Museum of Civilization, which is a museum which collects things that have lost their worth since the fall of man. In the event of a collapse, the item best suited for the exhibit at the Museum of Civilization is a dusty baseball mitt. This item is a good candidate for the museum due to all of the history of baseball, which the mitt expresses

Fantasy: Fantasy is a form of literary genre that cannot happen in the real world. This genre usually involves magical places and imaginary creatures from another world or time not known to man today. Summerland by Michael Chabon is a fantasy because the book follows a baseball game that could save the world. Draw the Dark by Llsa J. Bick tells the story of a young boy that can see into other people’s minds. Bone Chiller by Graham McNamee is the story of a boy bitten by a demon. There are

If you read the book, The Lion, Witch And The Wardrobe, you will be sure to use your imagination. Can you imagine yourself Just playing a fun game with your siblings, you then decided to hide in just what looked like any other ordinary wardrobe then suddenly you step into something soft , fluffy and white that it could almost be snow. So you bend down to see what it may be, it is snow you look up again, and there is a dark forest? Speculative fiction is the best genre to read because it expands

divined the potency of the words, and the wonder of the things, such as stone, and wood, and iron; tree and grass; house and fire; bread and wine. (Tolkien, J.R.R (1947 ed.) p.20). I agree strongly with this in the sense that without these stories of fantasy how are we ever going to recover and see our world as great again with all the bad that happens. Children are not to be concerned with the horrors of the world as adults

Prediction This novel, Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare seems pretty interesting to me due to its sort of unpredictable, yet intriguing theme on its cover. However, by reading the title, I predict that it will be about an angel constructed of clockwork. Based on the cover art, I have come to believe that this novel focuses on a young man who decides to build an angel, but then realizes that it has special abilities or powers. I think that he will probably inherit powers too, for on the cover

non-fiction. Similarly, fantasy is also a muse for art. Fantasy is a visual representation of unreal worlds and altered states of consciousness, using invention and imagination in a creative way. Fantasy can be used with abstraction, taking an ordinary image and altering it to become more dreamlike. “Story” artist Trenton Doyle Hancock’s paintings tell the story of the Mounds, a group of mythical creatures. Myths can be used as form of fantasy storytelling, therefore fantasy is a key component to

The article by Hatice Ezberk “The Function of Fantasy as a subversive Genre in Literature” examines the idea of how fantastic literature can bring out an emphasis on how the world transforms through the writers eyes. As fantasy literature grows it can become unclear as to what social norms the literature is trying to juxtapose. Ezberk argues that trying to categorize fantasy literature is a rebellious act as the subgenre’s become too specific and can at times deceive the reader by delivering functions

J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. His works are greatly influential in modern times. Certain character traits allowed him to expand his intelligence and write the works he has created. The to main character traits that were the greatest part of Tolkien were his perfectionism and the fact that he is outgoing. Tolkiens perfectionism made it so that he would constantly revise anything that he is writing until he was satisfied. One example of Tolkien’s perfectionism

Fantasy is a non realistic story that transcend the bound reality, ultimately creating a fictional story. Elements such as the plot, setting, characters, theme need to be altered so the the story can be a fantasy. The plot of the story usually revolves around a protagonist that needs to finish its quest. Setting tend to be a landscape or creature cannot exist in the real world, as well for characters that do not follow law of nature and do as they feel. In the “most Dangerous games” by Richard Connell

through the genre that is utilized within their work. One of the lesser-known/harder-to-identify genres that can be used by writers is magical realism. Although the name magical realism may sound basically the same as fantasy, there are fine lines that separate the two genres; while fantasy includes magical events that occur in a magical world that the characters escape to, magical realism contains magical occurrences in the ordinary world that seem normal to the characters. The genre of magical realism