Romance and fantasy have long been bedfellows. But thanks to BookTok, ‘romantasy’ is trending – online, in bookshops and on bestseller lists.
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A century before the Dune films became new classics of the genre, Fritz Lang was making epic fantasies that redefined cinema.
The original storyline for Road Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” contained some stunning parallels to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
In its third and concluding season, His Dark Materials grapples with ideas poorly suited to small screen adaptation – but comes out swinging.
The key to understanding online conspiracy theorists is to understand how the line between fantasy and reality can become blurred.
The battle for the Iron throne throws up all sorts of leaders that each has different leadership styles.
What can Tolkien’s lesser-known stories tell us about the world he created?
No green screens or chasing after balls, the actors in House of Dragons are interacting with virtual environments.
Badly paced and luridly shot, the series’ first episodes have been a let down.
The new series is part of the expansive world created by J.R.R Tolkien across several books, including The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit.
Gaiman’s dream goes by many names, each inspired by different ideas of what dreams and nightmares have been to people throughout history.
You can still tell the truth without ruining everyone’s Easter. Here are some tips.
Everyone is going ‘goblin mode’, but does the trend unfairly malign goblins of folklore?
The end is often envisioned the same way: abruptly, hopelessly and completely. How does this constrain the range of possible solutions?
Adaptations are original cultural entities that can imitate, question, re-write, or reinterpret their source material for new audiences.
We modelled the climate of the far future planet Earth in which the fantasy series is set.
From mythical beasts to extinct creatures, the pioneering special effects work of Ray Harryhausen inspired a generation of zoologists, palaeontologists and ecologists.
Latin American filmmakers wanting to alert the world to human rights abuses are turning to the supernatural to tell compelling stories
Travel somewhere new from lockdown.
From Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones, writers and linguists have invented an array of new languages.
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Senior Lecturer in Fantasy and Children's Literature, Co-Director, Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
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Professor and Chair of Medieval Literature, University of Bristol
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Professor of Business Anthropology, Royal Holloway University of London
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Lecturer in International Relations, Binus University
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Associate Professor of Research, University of Hertfordshire
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Senior Lecturer: Director MSc Animation and VFX MDes Comics & Graphic Novels, University of Dundee
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Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of English Literature, Aberystwyth University
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Reader in Cultural History, University of Portsmouth
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Martin Edwardes is a Friend of The Conversation.
Visiting Lecturer, Language and Linguistics, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor, School of English, Film, Theatre, Media and Communication, and Art History, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth
