Our most death-defying adventures and wildest flights of imagination—the stuff such as dreams are made of—this is the realm of fantasy. And ever since ancestral storytellers created myths of monsters, lost worlds, dragons, and heroes, fantastical tales have transported us to these magical places beyond. William Morris, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Robert E. Howard are just a few examples of writers who sailed off the edge of their known worlds into those of their own creation.
In these beautifully illustrated pages, you will read of voyages launched by these celebrated commanders of the genre and more. Randy Broecker reveals how the fantasy story evolved over the centuries into the entertainment found in today’s books, comics, and films. Collectors, aficionados, and readers of the genre will be amazed by the breadth of Broecker’s history, and eager to make it part of their library.
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RANDY BROECKER is an established resident of the world of fantasy, having illustrated its wonders worldwide for over thirty years. He has been sought after by numerous award-winning publishers as well as some of the grand masters of fantasy literature. As a collector of this genre since the age of ten, Broecker has the knowledge and expertise to author this celebrated history. He lives in Chicago.
The companion to Frank M. Robinson's Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1999) is so similar that it could be mistaken for its predecessor. Almost every 10-by-13-inch page sports vintage magazine, paperback-cover, and movie-poster art in brilliant color that visually punches through page-filling stark white, royal blue, purple, or maroon backdrops in which archaic engraving-style goblets, swords, shells, and other fantasy bric-a-brac float as if just under the surface. Broecker's text, like Robinson's, merely chronicles the publishing history of its subject, though Broecker expands a bit on major writers and editors. Of course, fantasy has a much lengthier pedigree than sf, and Broecker accordingly starts with such hoary classics as the Mabinogion, the Odyssey, the Arabian Nights, and the Arthurian legends. Whether the literature is old or (mostly) new, the artwork is all twentieth century, all eye-popping, all provoking the question, Was ever so little worn by so many in such dire peril? Indispensable for fantasy and popular-art collections. Ray Olson
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