Jocelynn Drake is senior equities analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research and, separately, an accomplished author of fantasy fiction.
Fantasy fiction tells you that history is available, that the past counts.
Tracy Hickman, of course, is the author of the Dragonlance books, a series of fantasy fiction I devoured when I was younger.
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But long before those 1960s musical triumphs, Robert Wise showed a penchant for fantasy and science fiction.
All these fantasy authors whose fiction I began reading in junior high and high school are now writing video games.
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Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.
But even putting aside the fact that pre-war America is one of the richest settings of the modern era, in terms of potential for rich narrative, this book just feels more like fantasy than historical fiction.
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Set a billion years into the future, the Numenera mythology is not your typical fantasy or science fiction setting, though Cook says the blend of magic and machinery should be familiar to readers of far-future fantasy such as one might encounter reading Gene Wolfe.
Humans may never have the ability to change into the Incredible Hulk when angry, but donning one of these may soon make the robotic gear in scenes from Alien and Iron Man seem less like science fiction fantasy and more like a new world of enhanced abilities for everyone.
The science-fiction and fantasy films of Harryhausen's career weren't the star-filled, big-budget productions of today.
Other genres to suffer declines include science fiction and fantasy which is down 25% and horror, down 30%.
Hartwell, Senior Editor at Tor Books, one of the leading science fiction and fantasy publishers, to get his take on the growth of eBooks.
Immigration in science fiction and fantasy is not an uncommon theme.
For instance Tor.com, a publisher-run website for science-fiction and fantasy enthusiasts, highlights content relevant to its members, even if some of it comes from rival publishers.
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Named after Hugo Gernsback, the editor of groundbreaking sci-fi magazine Amazing Stories, the Hugos (originally the Science Fiction Achievement Awards) have been awarded annually for science fiction and fantasy writing since 1953.
Mr Scalzi, who is currently president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, said it was "absurd" for the firm to claim ownership of the phrase and its use in literature.
"The Wheel of Time" "was really one of the big, big touchstones of our field, " said Scott Shannon, who oversees science fiction and fantasy at Random House Publishing Group, which publishes George R.
When it became clear that Mr. Martin had never heard of him, Mr. Howey told him his novel was No. 6 on Amazon's list of science-fiction and fantasy best sellers, behind Mr. Martin's five books.
Last weekend more than 115, 000 people visited the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan for New York Comic Con, a four day celebration of science fiction, fantasy, gaming and all kinds of geek entertainment.
Best-selling science-fiction and fantasy author Neal Stephenson, the co-founder of games company Subutai Corporation, wants Clang to bring as much depth to fantasy hand-to-hand combat as is currently enjoyed by those who play first-person shooters.
Gaiman, whose honors include the Newbery Medal for children's writing, the Hugo for science-fiction and fantasy and a Carnegie Medal in literature, has written fantasy epics "Neverwhere" and "American Gods" and the groundbreaking graphic-novel series "The Sandman, " among other works.
Editors at Poland's newly privatised publishing houses exaggerate, but only to make a valid point, when they say that the only Polish authors who are flourishing today are writers of science-fiction and fantasy novels, Andrzej Sapkowski, Marek Oramus and Rafal Ziemkiewicz prominent among them.
Ms. Harris has cultivated followers in each category by attending the major romance-, fantasy- and crime-fiction conventions.
If there is, it's unlikely to look like ET, canal-building aliens, or any other science fiction-type fantasy.
The Steel Remains is a tightly-woven, fast-paced action fantasy with deep echoes of science-fiction.
There are science fiction role-playing games, fantasy role-playing games, and even some that transport us to more mundane worlds.
There is no place for children at an orgy of violence like the (merely R-rated) Pulp Fiction or a torture-themed demented fantasy like Dark Knight.
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Defense attorneys have argued that their client's conduct was "pure fiction, " "make believe" and fantasy role-playing.
Science fiction too has been somewhat eclipsed for years now by fantasy literature, as though science has failed us.
He wrote fan fiction and went on to write his own 200-page fantasy story.
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