Thursday, 26 January 2012

Just What Are Your Favorite Fantasy Books?

By Adrianne Lim


Exactly what are the all- time much-loved fantasy books? Most will respond that it's Lord of the Rings, or even Harry Potter. The latest success of Game of Thrones, known as the Song of Fire and Ice series, implies that these types of books are additionally in the running to be considered an all-time favorite.

The background of fantasy books really started off in the Victorian times with authors like George MacDonald and William Morris. Then again, the prosperity of this genre often will be linked to one man, J.R.R Tolkien. When looking for top fantasy books, Tolkien titles, like Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion, constantly top the list.

Tolkien is among the first writers to produce a whole mythical entire world for his books. Written "Middle Earth", it comes down equipped with different species, kingdoms and languages. He created the thought for Middle Earth while sitting in his garden examining the hills visualizing a scenario of wars going on between several races. Out of these ideas, J.R.R.Tolkien, wrote the best fantasy books of all time. It's obvious why the films based on his trilogy became mega- blockbuster hits too.

Around the time Tolkien was creating Middle Earth yet another author, C.S. Lewis, seemed to be making Narnia, his very own fantasy world, which is the foundation of the book "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe." This book was obviously a runaway success with readers and also grew to be one of the leading fantasy books of all time. It had been likewise adapted for film and became a major hit.

Today whenever you enter a bookstore the fantasy genre area is most likely one of the biggest areas. Although most of the success of these types of books could be attributed to the founders, a new era of fantasy authors are usually keeping readers interested by coming out with great titles like A Game of Thrones.

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin may also be referred to as a revolutionary work. It broke the barriers of the fantasy genre by taking to light a unique story-telling framework that has now become a brand new benchmark for generations to come of fantasy writers.

One of the most exciting element of the book is how Martin managed to create a a world that is equally fantastical and realistic. Although the fundamental storyline in these kinds of books contain aspects of magic and the supernatural, they're useful to enrich the world building and personality development; they're not the focus of the story.




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