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Adventure fiction
Adventure fiction is fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement.
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Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, père ("father"), was a French writer.
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Analogue (literature)
The term analogue is used in literary history in two related senses:, Analog.
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Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, institution or concept that stands in or represents opposition against which the protagonist(s) must contend.
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Anthony Hope
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright.
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Any Dream Will Do (TV series)
Any Dream Will Do, is a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom.
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Aragorn
Aragorn II, son of Arathorn is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes.
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Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine.
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Barrow-wight
Barrow-wights are wraith-like creatures in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, based on Old Norse beliefs such as Draugr or vǣttr (wights).
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Battle of the Pelennor Fields
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy fiction, the Battle of Pelennor Fields is the battle for the city of Minas Tirith between the forces of Gondor and its allies, and the forces of the Dark Lord Sauron.
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Bilbo Baggins
Bilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, as well as a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings.
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Boromir
Boromir is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Brian Attebery
Brian Attebery (born December 8, 1951) is an American academic writer on science fiction and fantasy fiction.
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Brothers Hildebrandt
Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, known as the Brothers Hildebrandt (born January 23, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan), are American twin brothers who worked collaboratively as fantasy and science fiction artists for many years.
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Christopher Tolkien
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (born 21 November 1924) is the third son of the author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), and the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work.
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David Pringle
David Pringle (born 1 March 1950) is a Scottish science fiction editor.
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DAW Books
DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971.
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Del Rey Books
Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn, by Penguin Random House.
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Donald A. Wollheim
Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 – November 2, 1990) was an American science fiction editor, publisher, writer, and fan.
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Dune (novel)
Dune is a 1965 science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine.
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Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&DMead, Malcomson; ''Dungeons & Dragons'' FAQ or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
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Dwarf (mythology)
In Germanic mythology, a dwarf is a human-shaped entity that dwells in mountains and in the earth, and is variously associated with wisdom, smithing, mining, and crafting.
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.
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Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world.
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Fictional universe
A fictional universe is a self-consistent setting with events, and often other elements, that differ from the real world.
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First King of Shannara
The First King of Shannara is a 1996 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks.
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Frank Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels.
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Frodo Baggins
Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, and the main protagonist of The Lord of the Rings.
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Gandalf
Gandalf is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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Gene Wolfe
Gene Rodman Wolfe (born May 7, 1931) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
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Gimli (Middle-earth)
Gimli is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, featured in The Lord of the Rings.
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Gnome
A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature.
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Gollum
Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Hardcover
A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Hero
A hero (masculine) or heroine (feminine) is a real person or a main character of a literary work who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength; the original hero type of classical epics did such things for the sake of glory and honor.
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Heroic fantasy
"Heroic fantasy" is the name I have given to a subgenre of fiction, otherwise called the "sword-and-sorcery" story.
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High fantasy
High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy, defined either by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.
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Hobbit
Hobbits are a fictional, diminutive, humanoid race who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fiction.
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Imprint (trade name)
An imprint of a publisher is a trade name under which it publishes a work.
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Interzone (magazine)
Interzone is a British fantasy and science fiction magazine.
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Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe is an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1820 in three volumes and subtitled A Romance.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
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John Batchelor
John Calvin Batchelor (born April 29, 1948) is an American author and host of The John Batchelor Show radio news magazine.
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Judy-Lynn del Rey
Judy-Lynn del Rey née Benjamin (January 26, 1943 – February 20, 1986) was a science fiction editor.
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Last stand
A last stand is a military situation in which a body of troops holds a defensive position in the face of overwhelming odds.
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Legolas
Legolas (pronounced) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor.
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Lin Carter
Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic.
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Lothlórien
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Lothlórien or Lórien is the fairest realm of the Elves remaining in Middle-earth during the Third Age.
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Mike Newell (director)
Michael Cormac "Mike" Newell (born 28 March 1942) is an English director and producer of motion pictures for film and television.
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Moria (Middle-earth)
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria was the name given at the beginning of the late Third Age to an enormous and by then very ancient underground complex in north-western Middle-earth, comprising a vast network of tunnels, chambers, mines and huge halls or mansions, that ran under and ultimately through the Misty Mountains.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.
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Nazgûl
The Nazgûl (from Black Speech nazg, "ring", and gûl, "wraith, spirit", possibly related to gul, "sorcery" or a wordplay on "ghoul"), also called Ringwraiths, Ring-wraiths, Black Riders, Dark Riders, the Nine Riders, or simply the Nine, are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
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Nuclear holocaust
A nuclear holocaust or nuclear apocalypse is a theoretical scenario involving widespread destruction and radioactive fallout causing the collapse of civilization, through the use of nuclear weapons.
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Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist.
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Paperback
A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.
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Pittsburgh Press
The Pittsburgh Press (formerly known as The Pittsburg Press), published from 1884 to 1992, was a major afternoon daily newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.
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Plot (narrative)
Plot refers to the sequence of events inside a story which affect other events through the principle of cause and effect.
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Protagonist
A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).
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Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.
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Rivendell
Rivendell is an Elven realm in Middle-earth, a fictional world created by J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer.
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Rohan (Middle-earth)
Rohan (from Sindarin Rochand) is a kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy setting of Middle-earth.
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Sauron
Sauron is the title character and main antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
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Shannara
Shannara is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with The Sword of Shannara in 1977 and continuing through The Black Elfstone which was released in June 2017; there is also a prequel, First King of Shannara.
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Shea Ohmsford
Shea Ohmsford is a fictional character and the protagonist of Terry Brooks' epic fantasy novel The Sword of Shannara.
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Stephen R. Donaldson
Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, his ten-novel fantasy series.
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Stewart Till
Stewart Till, CBE (born 1951) is the chairman and chief executive of United International Pictures, the biggest film distributor in the world.
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Terry Brooks
Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction.
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The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is a series of ten high fantasy novels written by American author Stephen R. Donaldson.
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The Elfstones of Shannara
The Elfstones of Shannara is a 1982 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks.
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The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy is a 1997 reference work concerning fantasy fiction, edited by John Clute and John Grant.
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The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien.
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The Great Wars
The Great Wars are a fictional conflict from the Shannara series by Terry Brooks.
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.
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The New York Times Best Seller list
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.
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The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony.
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The Shannara Chronicles
The Shannara Chronicles is an American fantasy drama television series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.
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The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion (pronounced: /sɪlmaˈrɪljɔn/) is a collection of mythopoeic works by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son, Christopher Tolkien, in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay.
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The Sword of Shannara
The Sword of Shannara is a 1977 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks.
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The Sword of Shannara Trilogy
The Sword of Shannara Trilogy consists of the first three Shannara novels (The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara and The Wishsong of Shannara) by Terry Brooks.
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The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas.
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The Village Voice
The Village Voice is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.
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The White Company
The White Company is a historical adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle set during the Hundred Years' War.
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The Wishsong of Shannara
The Wishsong of Shannara is an epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks.
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The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 4
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 4 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter.
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Tom Bombadil
Tom Bombadil is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Tom Shippey
Thomas Alan Shippey (born 9 September 1943) is a British scholar and retired professor of Middle and Old English literature, as well as medievalism and modern fantasy and science fiction.
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Treasure Island
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold".
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Troll
A troll is a class of being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian.
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Washington and Lee University
Washington and Lee University (Washington and Lee or W&L) is a private liberal arts university in Lexington, Virginia, United States.
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1977 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1977.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sword_of_Shannara
