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<blockquote data-quote="Mantriel" data-source="post: 6360869" data-attributes="member: 76902"><p>You have a good point there... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /></p><p>I know that Lovecraft's work is sometimes called science fiction, but in my book it is clearly horror and has nothing to do with science fiction.</p><p>Jules Verne was called Science Fiction (and in my book still is), but nowadays his books are called steampunk.</p><p>Historical fiction (like the three musketeers from Dumas) is historical fiction (duh).</p><p>Howard's Conan (or Cook's the Black Company) is... well Low fantasy gory/gritty style, with monsters and magic etc.</p><p>Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is high fantasy for me (elves, dwarves, mages, magic, orks, dragons, balrogs, etc.) The definition of high fantasy is epicness anyway </p><p><a href="http://rpggeek.com/rpggenre/155/fantasy-high-fantasy" target="_blank">http://rpggeek.com/rpggenre/155/fantasy-high-fantasy</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fantasy" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fantasy</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high_fantasy_fiction" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high_fantasy_fiction</a></p><p></p><p>(I know, it's wikipedia, and I shouldn't believe everything I read there). <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/blush.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="Blush :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" /></p><p></p><p>There are a couple of "Low fantasy" books, which would qualify in all aspects as historical fiction,... but they are not placed on earth. For me they are "the low fantasy books", I could name quite a few, but I'm quite certain you haven't read any of them (they weren't published in English).</p><p>I guess you could still call them fiction? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/worried.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-S" title="Uhm :-S" data-shortname=":-S" /> But English is my third language anyway, I have no idea about these kinds of nuances... Sorry.</p><p></p><p>Check the definition of low fantasy:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_fantasy" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_fantasy</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mantriel, post: 6360869, member: 76902"] You have a good point there... :hmm: I know that Lovecraft's work is sometimes called science fiction, but in my book it is clearly horror and has nothing to do with science fiction. Jules Verne was called Science Fiction (and in my book still is), but nowadays his books are called steampunk. Historical fiction (like the three musketeers from Dumas) is historical fiction (duh). Howard's Conan (or Cook's the Black Company) is... well Low fantasy gory/gritty style, with monsters and magic etc. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is high fantasy for me (elves, dwarves, mages, magic, orks, dragons, balrogs, etc.) The definition of high fantasy is epicness anyway [URL]http://rpggeek.com/rpggenre/155/fantasy-high-fantasy[/URL] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fantasy[/URL] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high_fantasy_fiction[/URL] (I know, it's wikipedia, and I shouldn't believe everything I read there). :blush: There are a couple of "Low fantasy" books, which would qualify in all aspects as historical fiction,... but they are not placed on earth. For me they are "the low fantasy books", I could name quite a few, but I'm quite certain you haven't read any of them (they weren't published in English). I guess you could still call them fiction? :-S But English is my third language anyway, I have no idea about these kinds of nuances... Sorry. Check the definition of low fantasy: [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_fantasy[/url] [/QUOTE]
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