Great Fantasy Novels

The Origins of Fantasy

Fantasy is the oldest genre of storytelling. A hundred thousand years ago, when we sat around the campfire, the tribe's storyteller probably told stories of magic and adventure.

Once we invented writing, we began to write fantasy epics. While these works aren't classified as fantasy per se, they are precursors to the genre.

• Gilgamesh -- The world's oldest tale.
  
  
• The Iliad and Odyssey -- One of the world's oldest epics.
  
  
• Beowulf -- A medieval epic.
  
  
• A Midsummer Night's Dream -- A fantasy comedy.
  
  
• The Once and Future King -- The tales of King Arthur are also fantasy tales.
  
  

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THE GODS OF DREAM
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