Thread: Looking for Epic Fantasy with Lots of Action
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Old 12-07-2017, 06:45 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by Fbone View Post
One difference can be setting. High fantasy may be an alternative world or one completely fictitious. Low would be minimal magical elements in the real world.

Examples of high fantasy would be Game of Thrones, The Hobbit, How to Train Your Dragon

Low fantasy can be True Blood, Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, I Dream of Jeannie
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?
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