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  2. Fantasy world - Wikipedia

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    A fantasy world or fictional world is a world created for fictional media, such as literature, film or games. Typical fantasy worlds feature magical abilities. Some worlds may be a parallel world connected to Earth via magical portals or items (like Narnia); an imaginary society hidden within our earth (like the Wizarding World); a fictional Earth set in the remote past (like Middle-earth) or ...

  3. Worldbuilding - Wikipedia

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    Worldbuilding is the process of constructing an imaginary world or setting, sometimes associated with a fictional universe. [1] Developing the world with coherent qualities such as a history , geography, culture and ecology is a key task for many science fiction or fantasy writers. [ 2 ]

  4. Magic in fiction - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 616 Fantasy writers use a variety of techniques to limit the magic in their stories, [5] such as limiting the number of spells a character has or may cast before needing rest, [5] restricting a character's magic to the use of a specific object, [5] limiting magic to the use of certain rare materials, [6] or restricting the magic a ...

  5. Fantasy - Wikipedia

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    In writing fantasy the author uses worldbuilding to create characters, situations, and settings that may not be possible in reality. Many fantasy authors use real-world folklore and mythology as inspiration; [ 11 ] and although another defining characteristic of the fantasy genre is the inclusion of supernatural elements, such as magic, [ 12 ...

  6. List of fantasy worlds - Wikipedia

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    It is influenced by the tropes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Perdido Street Station: 2000: N Continent: Andrzej Sapkowski: The fantasy setting of The Witcher franchise. The Witcher: 1986: C F G N T V Corona: R. A. Salvatore: World of The DemonWars Saga and The Highwayman: The Demon Awakens: 1997: N Darkover: Marion Zimmer Bradley

  7. Fantasy cartography - Wikipedia

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    Fantasy cartography, fictional map-making, or geofiction is a type of map design that visually presents an imaginary world or concept, or represents a real-world geography in a fantastic style. [1] Fantasy cartography usually manifests from worldbuilding and often corresponds to narratives within the fantasy and science fiction genres.

  8. Floating cities and islands in fiction - Wikipedia

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    The flying island of Laputa from Gulliver's Travels. (Illustrated 1795.) In science fiction and fantasy, floating cities and islands are a common trope, ranging from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the atmosphere of a planet by purported scientific technologies or by magical means.

  9. High fantasy - Wikipedia

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    High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy [1] defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot. [2] High fantasy is usually set in an alternative, fictional ("secondary") world , rather than the "real" or "primary" world. [ 2 ]