Return to the Main Page Go to the Fantasy Worksheet Page Welcome to my Fantasy Online class site. This site was created for the student who wishes to become familiar with the many wonderful fantasy novels that grace the shelves of most bookstores.
Fantasy is a genre that has it roots deep in our past.
Readers can pick up Homer's Iliad or Odyssey , the Bible, Virgil's Aenaeid , Beowulf , or even Gulliver's Travels and see the beginnings of fantasy. Strange creatures, medieval settings, swords and sorcery, and the universal theme of good vs. evil all make up the genre of fantasy. It is a genre that became exceedingly popular in the 1970's and early 1980's as J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and his Lord of the Ring's trilogy were re-released. Then came the advent of the Dungeons and Dragons roll playing games. That concept spawned two of the most popular fantasy series of novels in modern history.