What is your favourite fantasy sub-genre?

[seasong]

You left out some:
Fairy tale
Animal fantasy
Arthurian fantasy
Any other demi-historical period fantasy
Modern fantasy
Arabian Nights fantasy
Chinoiserie
African fantasy
Native American (north & south) fantasy
Lost race fantasy
Humorous fantasy
Dark/horror fantasy
Weird tales fantasy
Sowrd and Sorcery fantasy
Heroic fantasy
Gritty war fantasy
Apocalyptic anti-hero fantasy
Political maneuvering fantasy

Personally, I'm voting for Political maneuvering fantasy.

 

[War Golem]

I voted S&S, but my homebrew is probably more like 45% S&S, 45% Heroic and 10% planescape-y/sci-fi/extra-dimensional stuff. This last component has been less than 10%, but is steadily increasing as the PCs reach higher levels (currently 12-13), and will probably be closer to 20% by the time we hit epic levels.

Cheers,

-War Golem

 

[Sir Edgar]

But "Sword & Sorcery" and "Sword of Shannara" are pretty much D&D-inspired, aren't they? So, people are essentially voting for D&D. The other categories are more pre-D&D.

 

[mmadsen]

But "Sword & Sorcery" and "Sword of Shannara" are pretty much D&D-inspired, aren't they? So, people are essentially voting for D&D. The other categories are more pre-D&D.

Huh? "Sword and Sorcery" is a term coined by Fritz Leiber in 1961 (in a discussion with Michael Moorcock) to refer to pulp fantasy tales in the style of Robert E. Howard's Conan, Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique, Leiber's own Fafhrd and Gray Mouser, and Moorcock's Elric.

 

[Zappo]

It's been a tough call between S&S and Heroic, but in the end I realized that the only books I still reread from time to time are Pratchett's and I chose Humorous.

 

[CCamfield]

Huh? "Sword and Sorcery" is a term coined by Fritz Leiber in 1961 (in a discussion with Michael Moorcock) to refer to pulp fantasy tales in the style of Robert E. Howard's Conan, Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique, Leiber's own Fafhrd and Gray Mouser, and Moorcock's Elric.

True.

IMO, Sword of Shannara is very much based on The Lord of the Rings.

Chris

 

[arwink]

I voted fairy tale, but it was a tough call. The thing that finally pushed it over the line was looking a the bookshelf and seeing Stardust by Neil Gaiman. After that, I couldn't vote any other way ")

 

[mmadsen]

I voted fairy tale, but it was a tough call. The thing that finally pushed it over the line was looking a the bookshelf and seeing Stardust by Neil Gaiman. After that, I couldn't vote any other way.

I you enjoy Gaiman's work, you owe it to yourself to read some original Lord Dunsany (e.g. The King of Elfland's Daughter).

 

[arwink]

I you enjoy Gaiman's work, you owe it to yourself to read some original Lord Dunsany (e.g. The King of Elfland's Daughter).

I've been meaning to for years, but it's only with the arrival of Borders within the city that I've had any chance of tracking it down.

 

[mmadsen]

Lost race fantasy: Tarzan, etc

This has been gnawing at me. Is Tarzan "lost race" fantasy? H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain novels are chock full of lost civilizations. Are ERB's Tarzan stories? I know the first few Tarzan novels don't introduce any lost races. I assume they later do?