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Fantasy

High Fantasy

High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy defined as fantasy fiction set in an alternative, entirely fictional ("secondary") world, rather than the real, or "primary" world. The secondary world is usually internally consistent but its rules differ in some way(s) from those of the primary world.

• The Third Part of the Pilgrim's Progress, 1693 by an anonymous author
• Phantastes, 1858 by George MacDonald
• The Castle, 1864 by by George MacDonald
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 by Lewis Carroll
• Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, 1871 by Lewis Carroll
• The Princess and the Goblin, 1872 by George MacDonald
• Otto of the Silver Hand, 1888 by Howard Pyle
• The Wood Beyond the World, 1894 by William Morris
• The King in Yellow, 1895 by Robert William Chambers
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900 by Lyman Frank Baum
• Darby O'Gill and the Good People, 1903 by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh
• The Enchanted Island of Yew, 1903 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People, 1903 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The Marvelous Land of Oz, 1904 by Lyman Frank Baum
• John Dough and the Cherub, 1906 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The Road to Oz, 1909 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The House of the Vampire, 1907 by George Sylvester Viereck
• Ozma of Oz, 1907 by Lyman Frank Baum
• Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, 1908 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth, 1908 by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (Lord Dunsany)
• Psyche, 1908 by Louis Couperus, translated by Benjamin Shepherd Berrington
• The Emerald City of Oz, 1910 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The Sea Fairies, 1911 by Lyman Frank Baum
• Sky Island, 1912 by Lyman Frank Baum
• Little Wizard Stories of Oz, 1913 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The Patchwork Girl of Oz, 1913 by Lyman Frank Baum
• Tik-Tok of Oz, 1914 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The Scarecrow of Oz, 1915 by Lyman Frank Baum
• Rinkitink in Oz, 1916 by Lyman Frank Baum
• Tales of Wonder, 1916 by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (Lord Dunsany)
• The Lost Princess of Oz, 1917 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The Magic of Oz, 1919 by Lyman Frank Baum
• The White Ship, 1919 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• The Cats of Ulthar, 1920 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• The Doom That Came to Sarnath, 1920 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• Glinda of Oz, 1920 by Lyman Frank Baum
• A Voyage to Arcturus, 1920 by David Lindsay
• The Royal Book of Oz, 1921 by Ruth Plumly Thompson
• The Lost Race, 1927 by Robert Ervin Howard
• The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune, 1929 by Robert Ervin Howard
• The Shadow Kingdom, 1929 by Robert Ervin Howard
• The Devil in Iron, 1934 by Robert Ervin Howard
• Gods of the North, 1934 by Robert Ervin Howard
• The People of the Black Circle, 1934 by Robert Ervin Howard
• Queen of the Black Coast, 1934 by Robert Ervin Howard
• Shadows in the Moonlight, 1934 by Robert Ervin Howard
• A Witch Shall Be Born, 1934 by Robert Ervin Howard
• Beyond the Black River, 1935 by Robert Ervin Howard
• Jewels of Gwahlur, 1935 by Robert Ervin Howard
• Shadows in Zamboula, 1935 by Robert Ervin Howard
• The Hour of the Dragon, 1935-6 by Robert Ervin Howard
• Red Nails, 1936 by Robert Ervin Howard
• The Shadow of the Hun, 1975 fragment by Robert Ervin Howard

Low Fantasy

Low fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy characterised by being set in the real ("Primary") world, or a rational and familiar fictional world, with the inclusion of magical elements. Low fantasy can be described as non-rational events occurring in a rational setting. It is important to note that the use of the word "low" is not an indication of quality but of the relative level of "fantasy" contained within a particular work of fiction.

• The Shaving of Shagpat, 1856 by George Meredith
• To Whom This May Come, 1888 by Edward Bellamy
• The Man Who Could Work Miracles, 1898 by Herbert George Wells
• Dot and the Kangaroo, 1899 by Ethel Charlotte Pedley
• Adventures in Toyland, 1900 by Edith King Hall
• Five Children and It, 1902 by Edith Nesbit
• The Phoenix and the Carpet, 1904 by Edith Nesbit
• The White People, 1904 by Arthur Machen
• The Story of the Amulet, 1906 by Edith Nesbit
• The Enchanted Castle, 1907 by Edith Nesbit
• The Horror of the Heights, 1913 by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Last of the Dragons, 1925 by Edith Nesbit
• Bimini, 1929 by Grace Jones (writing as Bassett Morgan)
• "Naked Lady" by Mindret Lord. in Weird Tales, 24 (3) (September 1934)
• Train for Flushing, 1940 by Malcolm Jameson
• "The Lost Gods" by Dorothy Quick. in Weird Tales, 36 (1) (September-October 1941)
• "The Book of the Dead" by Frank Gruber. in Weird Tales, 36 (2) (November-December 1941)
• Vengeance in Her Bones, 1942 by Malcolm Jameson
• Beyond the Door, 1954 by Philip Kindred Dick

Non-fiction

• Notes on Writing Weird Fiction, 1933 writing guidelines by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• The Hyborian Age, 1936 essay by Robert Ervin Howard, an outline to the history of his fictional setting created as an aid to his writing
• "Fantasy Versus Philosophy," letter by Howard Brenton MacDonald in Weird Tales (September-October 1941, vol. 36, no. 1) with response from Robert Bloch
• A Short History of Russian "Fantastica", 1994 by Andrei Lubensky

Film

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1910 directed by Otis Turner and produced by the Selig Polyscope Company (13 minute long, silent, black-and-white film)

Periodicals

• Avon Fantasy Reader (1947-52)
• Weird Tales (1923-54)