Looking For The Best Fantasy Series

By Jocelyn Davidson


Fantasy has become a highly sought after genre today with its fantastical worlds, brave warriors, powerful magic and epic adventures. Finding the best fantasy series to read may involve doing some online research. This enables one to read about what others have enjoyed and also to find lists of those that are most popular.

Wizards, witches, dragons, warriors, chimeras, vampires and other unearthly creatures play their part in these novels. Characters in epic tales of adventure often find themselves locked in a battle. Good vanquishes evil in the end, once many adversities have been overcome.

In some of these books, however, the characters are more complex and the lines between good and evil are not so clear cut. Characters may be portrayed as quite diabolical initially and gradually layers are peeled away to give the reader glimpses of what has made them the way they are. On the other hand, they may appear good with their deep flaws slowly being revealed.

It is comforting for readers to know that once they have finished with one book, a whole lot more await. They have invested themselves in the world and its characters and want this to continue. These fantastical worlds are so intricately detailed it is often difficult to believe they are not real. Like the children who go through the wardrobe and find themselves in Narnia, we enter these worlds and become participants in all the magical events that occur.

The current popularity of this genre has caused much speculation. Why are readers so drawn to it? Is it pure escapism or does it go further than that? There are those who feel that it offers us a way of subconsciously dealing with our fears. There are others who see it as allowing us to see truths about the human condition more clearly because it comes cloaked in a fictional form.

It is true that the pace of technological growth is intimidating. It is no wonder that we often long for some good old-fashioned magic where the inexplicable and marvelous happen all the time. These fantastical tales also often reveal a quest for self knowledge, a growth of courage and wisdom in the characters. They are also just extremely good entertainment, allowing us to escape from humdrum reality for a while.

Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were the godfathers of modern fantasy. They were both war veterans who found themselves after the war in a world that looked nothing like the world they grew up in. Their fantasies have delighted readers for years and they have translated successfully into movies that have been box office hits. Many others have followed in their footsteps, producing epic tales that are also being made into successful movies.

Fans love to discuss the novels and the worlds they depict. Online forums and discussion groups allow them to do this. They can also write reviews which helps others to make decisions about what to choose. There are many ways to get suggestions about what to read next and these novels are all available for purchase online in many different formats.




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