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- Magical creatures such as unicorns and elves often are mixed with ordinary people from our world.
- Humorous fantasy is included in this category because the puns are usually based on concepts only a modern reader would understand, such as computers.
- Magic is present, but not always explained as well as in other types of fantasy.
- The setting can be either our world, a new fictitious country or a re-hash of a pre-existing fictitious country such as Oz.
Great books you can buy from
- Piers Anthony: His Xanth series of books is famous for devious puns that sometimes build over the entire novel.
- Robert Lynn Asprin: His M.Y.T.H. books are fun-filled adventures with plenty of mirth sprinkled in for good measure.
- Terry Brooks: Running With the Demon and its sequels do a great job of illustrating a normal person’s reactions to the supernatural.
- J.K. Rowling: The Harry Potter books are now famous the world over and loved by fans of all ages.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone... by J.K. Rowling tells the story of a young British boy’s inherited powers and adventures at a school of magic.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe... by C.S. Lewis is the first book in a classic seven volume series about English children who visit the land of Narnia.
So You Want to Be a Wizard (Magic Carpet... by Diane Duane. Similar to Rowling’s works, young people living in New York study magic and have great adventures.
Glimpses by Lewis Shiner. This book tells the story of a man who speaks with dead rock stars.
The Great Book of Amber : The Complete... by Roger Zelazny. The first in his series about a prince trying to regain his throne after waking up in a hospital with amnesia.
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