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1723:"Article: Quality in Epic Fantasy, by Alec Austin"
1890:(1st ed.). New York: T. Doherty Associates.
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1868:The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games
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1581:. The World of Magnamund Webring.
1453:"Top 10 Epic / High fantasy books"
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1865:Tresca, Michael J. (2010).
1808:The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
1579:"The Darklords of Helgedad"
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1163:The Well at the World's End
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1316:(and particularly in
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939:The Inheritance Cycle
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609:The Lord of the Rings
571:The Lord of the Rings
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1920:at Wikimedia Commons
1886:Yolen, Jane (1992).
1806:Clute, John (1999).
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3889:Legendary creatures
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3373:Speculative fiction
2582:Tolkien's influence
2295:Fantasy Masterworks
2248:Television programs
2056:Fairy tale parodies
1828:Dicing with Dragons
1721:Hardinge, Frances.
1618:, pp. 615–616.
1544:, pp. 145–156.
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947:The villain of the
911:The Legend of Zelda
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2073:Fantasy of manners
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1996:Action-adventure
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1878:978-0-7864-6009-0
1848:Victorian Fantasy
1337:World of Warcraft
1291:Races and species
1217:sword and sorcery
1033:The Dresden Files
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