Description

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Fantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.

About the Author

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Allen Stroud is a lecturer at Coventry University and a principal investigator in creative futures with the Ministry of Defence. He is the current chair of the British Science Fiction Association and was editor of the British Fantasy Society Journal from 2015 to 2019. He worked on the computer games Elite Dangerous (2014), Chaos Reborn (2016), and Phoenix Point (2019), developing world backgrounds, plot, and fiction. He is an award-winning writer and has written critical works, short stories, novels, and music. His new science fiction novel, Fearless, came out in September 2020, and the sequel, Resilient, was published in 2022.