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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 ...
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 ]
[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 ...
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 ...
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
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.
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.
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 ]