"Fantasy and Science Fiction" Lecture

“FANTASY”
There are a number of kinds of fantasy including the following:

ANIMAL FANTASY
TOY FANTASY
ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS FANTASY
ENCHANTED JOURNEYS FANTASY
MAGICAL LANDS FANTASY
HEROIC OR QUEST FANTASY
SUPERNATURAL FANTASY
TIME FANTASY
SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY
SPACE FANTASY
CURRENT/MODERN FANTASY

CHARACTERISTICS OF FANTASY

THE OTHER
NO NONSENSE
NO TREACHERY
IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS
RULES
HIERARCHY
ORIGINALITY
BOLD
BELIEVABILITY
MASSING OF DETAIL
MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY
RESTRAINING THE FANTASTIC
ROOTED IN REALITY AND HUMAN NATURE

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