Fantasy Fiction Essay
Now fiction... and in particular fantasy... is used as a grand escape from the world. A way to visit realms of the imagination... blah blah blah.

Now while you COULD make up everything in Fantasy... there are a few things that you'd have to consider to make it plausible. For all you aspiring Fantasy authors (and current ones) I give you the immortal essay on the subject.

On Thud and Blunder by Poul Anderson.

My personal favorite part: If armor is not involved, then ordinarily in fiction, a single blow, thrust, or arrow suffices to drop a man or a horse dead on the spot. Actually, so large an animal is quite hard to kill. The .45 caliber pistol was developed specifically as a man-stopper, and still men hit from one have been known to keep on coming.

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