Encyclopedia of Fantasy (original 1997; edition 1997)

by John Clute (Author)

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This huge volume is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the fantasy field, offering an exciting new analysis of this highly diverse and hugely popular sphere of literature, from precursors such as Shakespeare and Dante, through Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and L. Frank Baum to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and their modern successors, like Ursula K. Le Guin, Peter S. Beagle, Stephen R. Donaldson and Jostein Gaarder. With over 4,000 entries and over 1 million words, it covers every aspect of fantasy - in literature, films, television, opera, art and comics.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Clute, John	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Grant, John	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Ashley, Michael	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Goodfellow, Peter	Cover artist	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hartwell, David G.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kaveney, Roz	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Langford, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tiner, Ron	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Westfahl, Gary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Booklist Editors’ Choice: Reference Sources (1997)

Bram Stoker Award (Nominee – Non-Fiction – 1997)

Eaton Award (1999)

Hugo Award (Winner – Related Book – 1998)

Locus Award (Winner – Non-Fiction – 1998)

Mythopoeic Awards (Winner – Myth and Fantasy Studies – 1998)

SF Site Editor's Choice (1997)

World Fantasy Award (Winner – Special Award - Professional – 1998)

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Canonical title

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

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1997

People/Characters

Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth

Important places

Ankh-Morpork, Discworld

Aquilonia

Barad-dûr

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

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Disambiguation notice

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References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (145)

A Gent from Bear Creek

Arthur D. Howden Smith

Back in the USSA

Barnabas Collins

Beyond Fantasy Fiction

Beyond the Dar Al-Harb

Black Vulmea's Vengeance

Dream world (plot device)

Dungeons & Dragons (novels)

Dungeons & Dragons-related products

Durandal (novel)

E. C. Vivian

Earth's Last Citadel

Elizabeth Louisa Moresby

Emperor of Dreams: A Clark Ashton Smith Bibliography

Enchanted forest

Eugene George Key

Evil Always Ends

Famous Fantastic Mysteries

Gabriel Over the White House

Galad Elflandsson

Garan the Eternal

Gender in speculative fiction

Ghost Stories (magazine)

Ghost Story (TV series)

Hawks of Outremer (collection)

Hell in popular culture

Here Comes the Sun (novel)

Here There Be Dragons

Heroes in Hell

History of fantasy

Howard Wandrei

International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts

Islamic literature

John Grant (author)

John Simmons (painter)

Just Our Luck

Karl Hans Strobl

Lavondyss

Legendary salamander in popular culture

Les Edwards

List of Batman Family adversaries

List of Ghost Story episodes

List of GURPS books

List of succubi in fiction

List of works influenced by One Thousand and One Nights

Mermaids in popular culture

Michael Harrison (writer)

Michaela Roessner

Mio in the Land of Faraway

Mrs. God (novel)

Multiverse (Michael Moorcock)

Musubi no Yama Hiroku

Mythago Wood

Neil Barron

Phyllis Eisenstein

Post Oaks & Sand Roughs

Purple Pirate

Quentin Collins

Quibble (plot device)

Revisionism (fictional)

Strange Tales (pulp magazine)

Supergirl (film)

Talking animals in fiction

Teito Monogatari

Terri Windling

The Adventures of Lucius Leffing

The Banner of Joan

The Bone Forest

The Broken Sword

The Chronicles of Lucius Leffing

The Cornelius Quartet

The Cream of the Jest

The Dark Cry of the Moon

The Discworld Companion

The Discworld Mapp

The Dragon Knight

The Dream of X

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Firebrand

The General's Wife

The Hollowing

The King of Elfland's Daughter

The Lady Decides

The Long Night of the Grave

The Maracot Deep

The Porcelain Magician

The Pride of Bear Creek

The Revenge of Dracula

The Road of Azrael

The Runestaff

The Sea of the Ravens

The Soft Whisper of the Dead

The Streets of Ankh-Morpork

The Sword is Forged

The Three Palladins

The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales

The Warlock in Spite of Himself

Typewriter in the Sky

Uel Key

Vincent Starrett

Wanderlust (Dragonlance novel)

Way Up High

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William L. Crawford

Zombie

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This huge volume is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the fantasy field, offering an exciting new analysis of this highly diverse and hugely popular sphere of literature, from precursors such as Shakespeare and Dante, through Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and L. Frank Baum to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and their modern successors, like Ursula K. Le Guin, Peter S. Beagle, Stephen R. Donaldson and Jostein Gaarder. With over 4,000 entries and over 1 million words, it covers every aspect of fantasy - in literature, films, television, opera, art and comics.

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