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Originally Posted by Leto
A question that may or may not influence the selections, do you consider The Eternal Champion set as Fantasy? I think this would include anything by Moorcock, dealing with Elric, Prince Corum, Jherek Carnelian or Jerry Cornelius.
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Yes, there are a few series/sequences that I've looked at that are kind of a subgenre of fantasy. I think it's often referred to as "sword and planet science fantasy" or something. It's a vein of "speculative fiction" that splintered off of the heyday of science fiction/speculative fiction, if I'm not mistaken. I'd be willing to explore that aspect of fantasy, though I'm not sure how willing I'd be to go to far into it. If you recommend The Eternal Champion as a good specimen of this sort of thing, I'm certainly willing to try it. I could even add this as a subgenre and a nice diversion from the main list, just as long as it doesn't delve too closely to science fiction.
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