title: A Guide to Fantasy Literature - Thoughts on Stories of Wonder and Enchantment
author:  Philip Martin 
description: A genuinely valuable book, intelligently assembled and edited.'' (Praise for the original edition) --Peter S. Beagle, World Fantasy Award winner<br /><br />Rich with insights, thorough and knowledgeable. . . . At heart, it's a work of deep love and understanding of a powerful literary genre. (from the original edition) --Lloyd Alexander, Newbery Award winner
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  ### [Also by Ben Okri](../Text/007.html#a12)
  
  
  FICTION
  
  
  Flowers and Shadows
  
  
  The Landscapes Within
  
  
  Incidents at the Shrine
  
  
  Stars of the New Curfew
  
  
  The Famished Road
  
  
  Songs of Enchantment
  
  
  Astonishing the Gods
  
  
  Dangerous Love
  
  
  Infinite Riches
  
  
  In Arcadia
  
  
  Starbook
  
  
  The Age of Magic
  
  
  The Magic Lamp
  
  
  The Freedom Artist
  
  
  ESSAYS
  
  
  A Time for New Dreams
  
  
  Birds of Heaven
  
  
  A Way of Being Free
  
  
  The Mystery Feast
  
  
  POETRY
  
  
  An African Elegy
  
  
  Mental Fight
  
  
  Wild
  
  
  Rise Like Lions (Anthology)
  
  
  PLAYS
  
  
  The Outsider
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # THE COMIC DESTINY
  
  
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  First published in the UK in 2009 by Rider, an imprint of Ebury Publishing,
  under the title Tales of Freedom
  
  
  This updated paperback edition published in the UK in 2019  
  by Head of Zeus Ltd
  
  
  Copyright © Ben Okri 2009, 2019
  
  
  The moral right of Ben Okri to be identified as the author