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Doesz anyone know when the first fantasy story was written? What is it and when was it? Did it predate the HOmeric epics? Am I right that the basis of modern entertainment stories have been the Homeric epics as many of today's leisure like sports were derived from the Greek civilization?
Does it seem like Tamora Pierce has way too many novels on this list for an author of her standing? She has neither the popular or critical acclaim of the vast majority of authors on this list.
Shouldn't the Dark Tower series by Stephen King be on here? -- Endlessmug 00:14, 13 October 2006 (UTC)Endlessmug
Are the Alice novels really appropriate for this list, and if so, should not the Leven Thumps series be added also? Sporks.Are.Loverly 17:03, 24 December 2006 (UTC)Sporks.Are.Loverly
I typed in the entirety of the currently existing Discworld series; feel free to delete my change if you find it necessary. 139.55.19.51 00:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)Sporks.Are.Loverly
Shouldn't the Dark Series by Christine Feehan be on here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by YouWantThis ( talk • contribs) 14:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC) On Another Topic, I think that there are too many 'science fiction' type novels on here, and not enough traditional fantasy novels. Could it be possible, for the sake of purists/perfectionist/black and white no grey/ type people, if you could put more actual fantasy novels on this page-It would be fabulous! Also, you might want to remove some very obviously science fiction novels from this page. Perhaps, soemone can explain what the difference between sci-fi and fantasy is, I can tell the difference, but being able to explain it is quite another story. Thank You, and a bigger thank you if you can fix the problem! 71.130.237.63 19:00, 14 November 2007 (UTC)Theodore from California.
Wikipedia's fair use policy does not allow use of copyright images in list articles such as this one where there is no 'discussion'. The pictures just make the article 'pretty' and that is not enough to meet WP:FU. -- The Red Pen of Doom 02:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Tell me I'm an idiot and I'm just not seeing the Dragonxxxx books? On a related note I almost missed Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books simply because I don't automatically think of Velgarth as the overarching name for those books - is there a way to do multiple keywords? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.244.231 ( talk) 23:01, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone else find the "namely..." bits very annoying and somewhat unnecessary? The fact that for some authors they name the novels in a series and others not, it just seems stupid. I'll be bold, and see what the outcome is. Alan16 talk count 22:49, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
News coverage - [1] - [2] - [3] The sources aren't fantastic, but show a general notability. The news source though, is a reliable reference. Alan16 talk count 12:22, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Doesz anyone know when the first fantasy story was written? What is it and when was it? Did it predate the HOmeric epics? Am I right that the basis of modern entertainment stories have been the Homeric epics as many of today's leisure like sports were derived from the Greek civilization? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.96.134.78 ( talk) 13:36, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
According to the Manual of style for stand-alone lists, each list should have selection criteria for membership in the list. This keeps the list from being indiscriminate. The logical criterion for this list, consistent with the term "notable" in the first sentence, is to allow only books that have Wikipedia articles on them. I am going to put all the redlinked articles in Talk:List of fantasy novels (A–H)/redlinks. These could be added to Wikipedia:Requested articles or perhaps some list of requested articles in the relevant wikiprojects. RockMagnetist ( talk) 21:10, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
If you want an article on the list but don't wish to go to the effort of creating an article: an appropriate way to add a book that does not yet have its own article is to provide citations to show that it meets the general notability guideline. Note that citations of the books themselves do not qualify as reliable, independent sources. However, once you've found the references, why not create the article? RockMagnetist ( talk) 21:46, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
84.48.255.36 ( talk) 15:00, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Could we automatically add the year of publishing? I am trying to find an old fantasy novel I read in 1983 or so but I don't remember the author or the title. I was hoping to see a list including the years. This would help me find it more rapidly so. 2A02:8388:1641:4980:0:0:0:2 ( talk) 11:15, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
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Doesz anyone know when the first fantasy story was written? What is it and when was it? Did it predate the HOmeric epics? Am I right that the basis of modern entertainment stories have been the Homeric epics as many of today's leisure like sports were derived from the Greek civilization?
Does it seem like Tamora Pierce has way too many novels on this list for an author of her standing? She has neither the popular or critical acclaim of the vast majority of authors on this list.
Shouldn't the Dark Tower series by Stephen King be on here? -- Endlessmug 00:14, 13 October 2006 (UTC)Endlessmug
Are the Alice novels really appropriate for this list, and if so, should not the Leven Thumps series be added also? Sporks.Are.Loverly 17:03, 24 December 2006 (UTC)Sporks.Are.Loverly
I typed in the entirety of the currently existing Discworld series; feel free to delete my change if you find it necessary. 139.55.19.51 00:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)Sporks.Are.Loverly
Shouldn't the Dark Series by Christine Feehan be on here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by YouWantThis ( talk • contribs) 14:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC) On Another Topic, I think that there are too many 'science fiction' type novels on here, and not enough traditional fantasy novels. Could it be possible, for the sake of purists/perfectionist/black and white no grey/ type people, if you could put more actual fantasy novels on this page-It would be fabulous! Also, you might want to remove some very obviously science fiction novels from this page. Perhaps, soemone can explain what the difference between sci-fi and fantasy is, I can tell the difference, but being able to explain it is quite another story. Thank You, and a bigger thank you if you can fix the problem! 71.130.237.63 19:00, 14 November 2007 (UTC)Theodore from California.
Wikipedia's fair use policy does not allow use of copyright images in list articles such as this one where there is no 'discussion'. The pictures just make the article 'pretty' and that is not enough to meet WP:FU. -- The Red Pen of Doom 02:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Tell me I'm an idiot and I'm just not seeing the Dragonxxxx books? On a related note I almost missed Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books simply because I don't automatically think of Velgarth as the overarching name for those books - is there a way to do multiple keywords? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.244.231 ( talk) 23:01, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone else find the "namely..." bits very annoying and somewhat unnecessary? The fact that for some authors they name the novels in a series and others not, it just seems stupid. I'll be bold, and see what the outcome is. Alan16 talk count 22:49, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
News coverage - [1] - [2] - [3] The sources aren't fantastic, but show a general notability. The news source though, is a reliable reference. Alan16 talk count 12:22, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Doesz anyone know when the first fantasy story was written? What is it and when was it? Did it predate the HOmeric epics? Am I right that the basis of modern entertainment stories have been the Homeric epics as many of today's leisure like sports were derived from the Greek civilization? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.96.134.78 ( talk) 13:36, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
According to the Manual of style for stand-alone lists, each list should have selection criteria for membership in the list. This keeps the list from being indiscriminate. The logical criterion for this list, consistent with the term "notable" in the first sentence, is to allow only books that have Wikipedia articles on them. I am going to put all the redlinked articles in Talk:List of fantasy novels (A–H)/redlinks. These could be added to Wikipedia:Requested articles or perhaps some list of requested articles in the relevant wikiprojects. RockMagnetist ( talk) 21:10, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
If you want an article on the list but don't wish to go to the effort of creating an article: an appropriate way to add a book that does not yet have its own article is to provide citations to show that it meets the general notability guideline. Note that citations of the books themselves do not qualify as reliable, independent sources. However, once you've found the references, why not create the article? RockMagnetist ( talk) 21:46, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
84.48.255.36 ( talk) 15:00, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Could we automatically add the year of publishing? I am trying to find an old fantasy novel I read in 1983 or so but I don't remember the author or the title. I was hoping to see a list including the years. This would help me find it more rapidly so. 2A02:8388:1641:4980:0:0:0:2 ( talk) 11:15, 25 August 2023 (UTC)