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This list is for The 52 Book Club's 2023 Prompt: High Fantasy

High fantasy (or epic fantasy) is a fantasy subgenre in which the story takes place in a setting very unlike Earth and deals with world-threatening forces. The story might feature fantastic creatures, historic or unusual technologies, magical elements, and other unearthly elements
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293 books · 129 voters · list created October 19th, 2022 by Lindsey Rojem (votes) .
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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Oct 19, 2022 09:58PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) ... in a setting very unlike Earth ... ??


message 2: by Lindsey (last edited Oct 20, 2022 06:28AM) (new)

Lindsey Rojem BookLovingLady wrote: "... in a setting very unlike Earth ... ??"

Yes, Wikipedia defines High Fantasy as being in a created world of its own, and Low Fantasy is a recognizable Earth setting.


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