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Fantasy

• A type of fiction in which the rules of the world are different; animals talk, magic works, and strange creatures exist.fiction--Writing from the imagination, or writing containing elements of imagination, fable, or tale. Also known as "lies," or "something you've made up."


• Stories set in an unreal world. Fantasy is based upon the imagination in one's mind


• Fantasy has nothing to do with an opposition between reality and illusion , but rather interjects a third term, physical reality, that structures them both.


• The creative interpretation of an event by group members to fulfill some need.


• This genre is any story of the impossible- a tale that has events happening that could never happen in the natural world.


• A creation of something heretofore nonexistent, eg, a note or any collectible, or a piece of art, etc, intended to defraud collectors by implying genuine historical significance.


• A story that is realistic except for one important detail, which is so handled as to give the story an imaginative and whimsical tone.


• A highly imaginative tale about somewhat believable, but nonexistent, characters, places, and events.


• Any conscious break with reality, whether in the relatively benign forms of caprices and daydreams, or in the more psychologically charged delusions and hallucinations.


• Something that can bring you unlimited joy as long as you don't try to realize it


• Fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it;


• Something many people believe that is false

The list of books 

• The Haunting of Josie by Kay Hooper


• The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 1) by Lloyd Alexander


• Backup: A Story of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher


• Warriors Field Guide: Secrets of the Clans by Erin Hunter


• Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke


• The Hero of Ages (Mistborn Series, Book 3) by Brandon Sanderson


• Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein


• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman


• Sin and Salvation (The Unseen #4) by Richie Tankersley Cusick


• The Sleeping Dragon (Guardians of the Flame, Book 1) by Joel Rosenberg


• Thinner Than Thou by Kit Reed


• Marco's Millions by William Sleator


• The Trouble with Witches (Ophelia and Abby Mysteries #3) by Shirley Damsgaard


• Mattimeo (Redwall, Book 3) by Brian Jacques


• Abarat by Clive Barker


• Heart of the Pharaoh (The Mummy Chronicles, Book II) by Dave Wolverton


• Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1) by Karen Marie Moning


• Los Perros Magicos de Los Volcanes / Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes by Manlio Argueta, Stacey Ross (translator)


• The Measure and the Truth (Book 3 of the Rise of Solamnia Trilogy) by Douglas Niles


• The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks


• Black Light by Elizabeth Hand


• Hammerfall (Gene Wars #1) by C. J. Cherryh


• American Gods: a Novel by Neil Gaiman


• The Curse of Chalion (Chalion #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold


• Blue Moon (Circle of Three Book 7) by Isobel Bird


• Witch Blood (Elemental Witches Book 2) by Anya Bast


• You're History (Salem's Tails #3) by Brad Strickland, Barbara Strickland


• Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry #7) by Laurell K. Hamilton


• Salvation in Death by J. D. Robb


• Dream Date (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) by Margo Lundell