Fantasy : the 101 best books

Fantasy Is One Of The Most Appealing And Yet Most Puzzling Of Literary Genres. Appealing Because It Can Offer Dreams, The Fulfillment Of Wishes, And Escape; But Puzzling Because It Spans Such A Wide And Diverse Range Of Books. In Fantasy: The 100 Best Books, James Cawthorn And Michael Moorcock Present A Wide-ranging Cross-section Of The Fantasy Genre, From Its Eighteenth Century Gothic Origins Through Nineteenth Century Literary Classics, Pulp-era Weird Fiction, And On To Modern Favorites. Recognized Classics Are Accompanied By Lesser-known Works Ripe For Rediscovery, Resulting In An Interestingly Idiosyncratic And Uniquely Valuable Guide To Two-and-a-half Centuries Of Fantastic Stories.