Hard Fantasy

Hard fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literature that strives to present stories set in (and often centered on) a rational and knowable world. Hard fantasy is similar to hard science fiction, from which it draws its name, in that both aim to build their respective worlds in a rigorous and logical manner. The two diverge in that hard science fiction uses real scientific principles as its starting point, while hard fantasy postulates starting conditions that do not, and often cannot, exist according to current scientific understanding.

Unlike its sister genre, the definition of hard fantasy is am
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
Elantris (Elantris, #1)
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. MaasWe Hunt the Flame by Hafsah FaizalThe Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoAn Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Hop Aboard The Fantasy Train
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Indian Fantasy Aficionados The group name could be Fantasy Aficionados from India. All genres of fantasy including but not …more
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