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Here are some good articles about fantasy;
Good Fantasy & Bad Fantasy
by Gene Edward Veith
The Lord of the Rings and the Christian faith
by Fr Edmund Little
What Is Fantasy?

Good Fantasy Books

Here's a list of some of the best fantasy books out there. You have got to read at least a few of them!!

"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien
"The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" by J.R.R. Tolkien
the 3 books in the trilogy are; "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers", "The Return of the King"
"Harry Potter" by J.K. Rowling
the 5 books in the series are; "The Sorcerer's Stone", "The Chamber of Secrets", "The Prisoner of Azkaban", "The Goblet of Fire", "The Order of the Phoenix"
"Earthsea Trilogy" by Ursula K. Le Guin
"a Wizard of Earthsea"
the other three books in the series are; "The Tombs of atuan", "The Farthest Shore", and "Tehanu"
"Bridge of Birds : a Novel of an ancient China That Never Was" by Barry Hughart
the two sequels are; "The Story of the Stone", and "Eight Skilled Gentlemen"
"Elric of Melnibone" by Michael Moorcock
two millennia volumes that contain the full series are "Elric of Melnibone" and "Stormbringer"
-- "Elric of Melnibonè - The Official Series" includes; "Elric of Melnibonè", "The Fortress of the Pearl", "The Sailor on the Seas of Fate", "The Dreaming City", "While the Gods Laugh", "The Singing Citadel", "The Sleeping Sorceress", "The Revenge of the Rose", "Stealer of Souls", "Kings in Darkness", "Caravan of Forgotten Dreams", "Stormbringer"
-- Other Volumes include; "Earl aubec", "Elric at the End of Time", "Elric: The Return to Melnibonè", "The Last Enchantment / Jesting With Chaos"
"Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy" by Mary Stewart
the three books in the trilogy are; "The Crystal Cave", "The Hollow Hills", and "The Last Enchantment"
"Shadow & Claw : The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' " by Gene Wolfe
"The Book of the New Sun" is a long, magical novel in four volumes.
-- "Shadow & Claw" contains the first two: "The Shadow of the Torturer" and "The Claw of the Conciliator"
-- "Sword & Citadel" brings together the final two books of the tetralogy in one volume: "The Sword of the Lictor" and "The Citadel of the autarch"
"The Chronicles of Narnia" by C. S. Lewis (author), Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
"The Forgotten Beasts of Eld" by Patricia a. McKillip
"The Gormenghast Trilogy" by Mervyn Laurence Peake
begins with "Titus Groan", and continues with "Gormenghast " and "Titus alone"
"The Great Book of amber : The Complete amber Chronicles, 1-10" by Roger Zelazny
"The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle, Mel Grant (Illustrator)
"The Mists of avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley
"The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
the four novels in the series also available in a single volume are; "The Sword in the Stone", "The Queen of air and Darkness", "The Ill-Made Knight", and "The Candle in the Wind"
"The Prestige" by Christopher Priest
"The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High adventure (The 'Good Parts' Version)" by William Goldman
"Dragons Of Pern" by anne McCaffrey
the Harper Hall Trilogy books are for young adults, the numbers represent the recommended order of reading of the books
"Dragonflight #4", "Dragonquest #5", "Dragonsong - Harper Hall Trilogy 1", "Dragonsinger - Harper Hall Trilogy 2", "The White Dragon #6", "Dragondrums - Harper Hall Trilogy 3", "Get Off The Unicorn", "Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern #2", "Nerilka's Story #3", "Dragonsdawn #1", "The Chronicles of Pern #9", "Dragonseye #11", "The Girl Who Heard Dragons", "The Renegades of Pern #7", "The Masterharper of Pern #12", "Legends 2: Runners of Pern", "all the Weyrs of Pern #8", "The Dolphins of Pern #10", "The Skies of Pern"
" a Connecticut Yankee in King arthur's court" by Mark Twain

Good Fantasy Movies

Here's a list of some great movies that you can watch when you are in the mood for some fantasy. If I were you I would watch every single one of them!!

The Princess Bride
Fairy Tale: a True Story
Shrek
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

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