Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference An Indispensible Compendium of Myth and Magic
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Language: English
Published by Writers Digest Books August 1998, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.s.a., 1998
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A fine first edition hardcover in a fine dust jacket, a very nice clean copy. An excellent reference book for writers or just fans of fantasy.
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- Title
- Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference An Indispensible Compendium of Myth and Magic
- Author
- Writers Digest
- Publisher
- Writers Digest Books August 1998, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.s.a.
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0898798663
- ISBN 13
- 9780898798661
- Edition
- First edition.
Covers varied aspects of fantasy fiction, including culture, magic, witchcraft, commerce, trade, law, mythical creatures, arms and armor, and castles
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The title exaggerates considerably, but this handbook does live up to its claim to be "an indispensable compendium of myth and magic," introducing basic concepts in both areas, drawing on Western and selected non-Western cultures, and bringing the evolution of some of the concepts down to the present, as in the capsule account of wicca, offered for the aspiring urban fantasist. There is also enough illustrated material on the relevant basic historical aspects, with emphasis on northern Europe, to help the would-be fantasist needing help in telling a serf from a fief and a castle from a chattel. Considering the number of published fantasy writers who have run into difficulties at that level, the book certainly deserves wide use, though it would be more helpful above the basic level if it had a reading list. At the level it attains, though, the editors and authors have done a singularly good job. Roland Green
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