title: The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
author: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
description: This masterful follow-up to the 1993 <i>Encyclopedia of Science Fiction</i> is an essential purchase for anyone who's serious about fantasy. Those who are serious about horror will also find it an excellent reference. The works of prolific and confusing authors such as Michael Moorcock, as well as authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien who have many posthumously published fragments, are explained with admirable clarity. Especially fascinating are the numerous terms for motifs and themes, constituting what the editors call a map of the many "fuzzy sets" in the universe of fantasy fiction--terms such as "crosshatch," "polder," and "water margin." There are many entries on horror movies and the better-known horror writers (only writers who write no fantasy, such as Richard Laymon, are excluded). You'll also find carefully written definitions of horror, dark fantasy, supernatural fiction, gothic fiction, psychological thrillers, and weird fiction. <i>Locus</i> calls <i>The Encyclopedia of Fantasy</i> "massive and welcome," and writes, "This will be the standard reference for years to come."
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  ALSO BY PHILIP PULLMAN
  
  
  
  
  
  HIS DARK MATERIALS
  
  
  _The Golden Compass_  
   _The Subtle Knife_  
   _The Amber Spyglass_  
   _Lyra’s Oxford_  
   _Once Upon a Time in the North_  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _The Scarecrow and His Servant_  
   _I Was a Rat!_  
   _Spring-Heeled Jack_  
   _Count Karlstein_  
   _The Ruby in the Smoke_  
   _The Shadow in the North_  
   _The Tiger in the Well_  
   _The Tin Princess_  
   _The White Mercedes_  
   _The Broken Bridge_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  _Thunderbolt’s Waxwork_ text copyright © 1994 by Philip Pullman  
   _The Gas-Fitters’ Ball_ text copyright © 1995 by Philip Pull