A Reader's Guide to FantasyA guide to major fantasy authors, awards, and categories of the genre. |
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User Review - antiquary - LibraryThingThis book does quite a competent job of summing up the fantasy genre as it existed up to the time of publication (1982) , describing both major and minor authors, with helpful lists of their works ... Read full review
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User Review - LisaMaria_C - LibraryThingYes, this is dated. It was published in 1982, so you won't find JK Rowling's Harry Potter series or Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga or George RR Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice cycle or Robert Jordan ... Read full review
Contents
Ayesha to Zimiavia | 132 |
Beyond the Fields We Know | 152 |
Half My Daughter and the Hand | 167 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Reader's Guide to Fantasy |
| Authors | Baird Searles, Beth Meacham, Michael Franklin |
| Publisher | Facts on File, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0871967723, 9780871967725 |
| Length | 196 pages |
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