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import Sidenote from '@components/Sidenote.astro'; import Sidenote from '@components/Sidenote.astro';
import BookPreview from '@components/BookPreview.astro';
For a while now, I've had a private taxonomy of fantasy books, based on the distinction (or lack thereof) between the fantasy world and our own. It goes something like this: For a while now, I've had a private taxonomy of fantasy books, based on the distinction (or lack thereof) between the fantasy world and our own. It goes something like this:
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No overlap at all. I think most fantasy that's written tends to fall here. At least, it's what most people think of when you say "fantasy book," and the Wikipedia definition of "Fantasy" specifies that it's "typically set in a fictional universe," so I think it's fair to say that this is the "standard" position for a fantasy story to occupy on this axis. No overlap at all. I think most fantasy that's written tends to fall here. At least, it's what most people think of when you say "fantasy book," and the Wikipedia definition of "Fantasy" specifies that it's "typically set in a fictional universe," so I think it's fair to say that this is the "standard" position for a fantasy story to occupy on this axis.
Examples: <BookPreview ref="lotr">_The Lord of the Rings_</BookPreview>, <BookPreview ref="earthsea">_Earthsea_</BookPreview>, _The Prydain Chronicles_, _Wheel of Time_, _Belgariad_, _A Song of Ice and Fire_, etc. Pick up a book from the fantasy section of a bookstore and there's at least a 50% chance it will fall into this category. Examples: _The Lord of the Rings_, _Earthsea_, _The Prydain Chronicles_, _Wheel of Time_, _Belgariad_, _A Song of Ice and Fire_, etc. Pick up a book from the fantasy section of a bookstore and there's at least a 50% chance it will fall into this category.
### Mythopoeic Fantasy ### Mythopoeic Fantasy