Thread: Looking for Epic Fantasy with Lots of Action
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Old 12-07-2017, 10:05 PM   #63
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Now see, everything I've heard would put Game of Thrones squarely in the Low Fantasy camp.

I guess I've always been hung up on the terms themselves. Why "High," or why "Low"? Uptown/downtown? High Falutin? Low Born/High Born? Low Country Boil? High Cockalorum?

What about mega-magic set in the real world, or no magic in set in a fictitious world? What about elves and dwarves set in our "real" world? Epic sword & sorcery with elves, dwarves and gnomes with the fate of the real world at stake? Is there Medium/Middle Fantasy?
Having not read GOT, it's hard for me to comment, but I've watched the first few seasons (and promptly got tired of it, so stopped), but there's no Hero's Journey. Thus, not High Fantasy.

Honestly, not that invested in the definitions, so I don't know if it would be "low" or whatever.

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