Most readers around the world enjoy reading literary fiction because it provides much-needed escapism in hopes that the difficulties of everyday life will become less daunting. Fantasy novels and series pull readers out of their minds and transform them into another world or dimension, which does not exist outside the book. The fantasy genre is famously known for this reason. There are no limitations in a world created in a writer's mind, it is unaffected and detached from the laws and expectations of the real world. Fantasy authors create new races, cultures, customs, languages, world, and even universes, which their story is a part of. Most fantasy books have vivid descriptions and details that help readers to imagine the new world in great detail and seeing it through the eyes of the characters.
A genre of literature, fantasy has components of supernatural and magical elements, which don't commonly exist in our world. Some authors tend to just make additions to the world we are living, setting their stories in different periods, and making minor tweaks. Others create new worlds and universes, with their laws and logic, which suites the character and plot. This genre has no ties to reality or scientific facts. Author R.B. Michaels latest book, Knights of The Wind 978-1-95-163054-6, is a fantasy book set in a world where orcs, elves, and dark creatures live among men. When an evil force returns after centuries, a knight and a powerful mage work together to save the kingdom. Here is a list of subgenres and type of fantasy by MasterClass:
· High or epic fantasy. Set in a magical environment that has its own rules and physical laws, this subgenre’s plots and themes have a grand scale and typically center on a single, well-developed hero or a band of heroes, such as Frodo Baggins and his cohorts in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings (1954).
· Low fantasy. Set in the real world, low fantasy includes unexpected magical elements that shock characters, like the plastic figurines, come to life in Lynne Reid Banks's The Indian in the Cupboard (1980).
· Magical realism. While similar to low fantasy, magical realism characters accept fantastical elements like levitation and telekinesis as a normal part of their otherwise realistic world, as in Gabriel GarcíaMárquez’s classic One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967).
· Sword and sorcery. A subset of high fantasy, it focuses on sword-wielding heroes, such as the titular barbarian in Robert E. Howard’s Conan pulp fiction stories, as well as magic or witchcraft.
· Dark fantasy. Combining elements of fantasy and horror, it aims to unnerve and frighten readers, like the gargantuan, otherworldly monsters in H. P. Lovecraft's universe.
· Fables. Using personified animals and the supernatural, fables impart moral lessons, like the stories in Aesop’s Fables and Arabian Nights.
· Fairy tales. Intended for children, these fairy tales and folk tales are typically set in distant magical worlds (with beginnings like “Once upon a time, in a land far, far away…”) where trolls, dragons, witches, and other supernatural characters are an accepted truth, as in the Brothers Grimm’s Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1812).
· Superhero fiction. Unlike stories in which a hero acquires special abilities through scientific means, such as exposure to radiation, these protagonists’ powers are supernatural.
About The Author
R.B. Michaels is a renowned author, who is talented and imaginative. With the release of his first book of the upcoming series, Knights of The Winds 978-1-95-163054-6, R.B. Michaels is ready to take his readers on the journey of a lifetime.
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