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	Fantasy Reading List - FCPL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This list is divided into the older, classic authors who had an influence on the genre, and those who are still producing valuable work today.
		Since some fantasy is classified as regular fiction, and some is in science fiction, check both sections of the Library, and don't forget to check the New Books section of the Library for the latest by the Current Stars.
		Michael Moorcock: Elric: Song of the Black Sword is the start of a series telling the adventures of Elric, a wizardly hero who is physically weak except when sustained by his morally-corrupt sword.
	www.fairfaxcounty.gov /library/reading/adult/fantasy.htm (1448 words)

	Excalibur: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The story of the Sword in the Stone has an analogue in some versions of the story of Sigurd (the Norse proto-Siegfried), who draws his father Sigmund's sword out of a tree where it is embedded.
		According to some speculators, the legend of the Sword in the Stone is possibly a reference and remembrance in storytelling of the techniques of Bronze Age sword-making technology.
		Swords named Excalibur or similar occur in some videogames, for example Final Fantasy series, the Soul Calibur series, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, Tales of Symphonia, Onimusha Blade Warriors, Secret of Mana, Tomb Raider: Legend, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, RuneScape, World of Warcraft and City of Heroes, Ace Combat Zero.
	www.answers.com.cob-web.org:8888 /topic/excalibur (1620 words)

	List of fictional swords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Christ-blade (formerly Tanlladwyr, "Brightkiller") - sword of Lancelot
		The Sword of Britain (the Sword in the Stone) - the sword of Magnus Maximus (Macsen Wledig), Aurelius Ambrosius, Uther, and Arthur consecutively.
		"Naegling" is the sword of the elder rider Oromis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_fictional_swords (4076 words)

	Katana (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The weapon was typically paired with the wakizashi, a similarly made but shorter sword both worn by the members of the buke (bushi) warrior class.
		The long sword was ideally able to cut through iron nails and the short sword was sometimes used for seppuku, a form of ritual suicide.
		A display at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum in London showing the katana and its various functions.]] Swords are critical in most feudal societies, and Japan was no exception.
	katana.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (4919 words)

	Medieval Style Wooden Display Swords - California Homeschooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This sword and shield was the talk of the neighborhood for years.
		Making the swords has taught the subtlety of the importance of line and balance, that some details on a sword had purpose in those battles, and has brought those times to life.
		Nearly every sword DS has built has an imaginary story to go with it, and he is currently transcribing those stories to complement his website display of his work.
	homeschool.priswell.com /swords.htm (832 words)

	Fictional swords (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The sword that Arthur alone was able to draw from the stone, (The Sword in the Stone), thus denoting his kingship, was later broken.
		The true sword Excalibur with its scabbard, was given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake.
		Malory distinguished the sword Arthur pulled out of a rock from the sword he received from the Lady of the Lake, and it was the second sword that was the true Excalibur.
	read-and-go.hopto.org.cob-web.org:8888 /Fictional-swords/index.html (437 words)

	List of fictional weapons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_fictional_weapons (194 words)

	Amazon.com: Swords and Deviltry : Book 1 of the Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Books: Fritz Leiber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Swords and Deviltry introduces us to a strange world where fantastic but thoroughly flawed anti-heroes Fafhrd and Gray Mouser find the familiar in themselves and discover the icy power of female magic.
		The idea of two companions adventuring across a fictional world, both opposites in terms of physical and mental attributes is a common genre, appearing in Lord of the Rings, Batman and Robin and almost all super hero stories.
		Swords and Deviltry is the first of a series books chronicling the adventures of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.
	www.amazon.com /Swords-Deviltry-Adventures-Fafhrd-Mouser/dp/0743445589 (1811 words)

	Fritz Leiber Encyclopedia Article @ TarzanSeries.com (Tarzan Series) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His popularity amongst both fans and his fellow writers was considerable, and his science fiction novels The Big Time (1958) and The Wanderer (1964), along with the short stories "Gonna Roll the Bones" (1967), about a gambler playing dice with Death, and "Ship of Shadows" (1970), all won Hugo awards.
		Fans awarded him the Gandalf (Grand Master) award at the World Science Fiction Convention in 1975, and in 1981 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America voted him the recipient of their Grand Master award.
		They are also notable among sword and sorcery stories in that, over the course of the stories, his two heroes mature, take on more responsibilities, and eventually settle down into marriage.
	www.tarzanseries.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/Fritz_Leiber (2003 words)

	Amazon.com: The Knight and Knave of Swords: Books: Fritz Leiber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Swords' Masters: Swords Against Wizardry, the Swords of Lankhmar, Swords and Ice Magic by Fritz Leiber
		Swords in the Mist: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Swords in the Mist) by Fritz Leiber
		This book (a collection of three short stories and a novella) is an excellent addition to the series, and describes some of the Twain's adventures while in their more settled later life on Rime Isle.
	www.amazon.com /Knight-Knave-Swords-Fritz-Leiber/dp/068808530X (1339 words)

	Adult Booklists: Speculative Fiction: Science-Fiction and Fantasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Also: Science Fiction and Fantasy 2002, with 24 titles published in 2002, and Science Fiction and Fantasy 2003, with 22 titles published in 2003.
		List of a dozen science-fiction or fantasy writers from Greg Bear to Ian Watson, with brief info about their backgrounds and their series/books.
		"Lists mainstream science fiction and fantasy novels, short stories and movies (speculative fiction) which contain references specifically to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to Mormonism in general." Noted that most of the authors of works on this list are not Mormons.
	www.waterborolibrary.org /bklistsf.htm (2795 words)

	The Pits Feist Page -Book List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is a list of fictional books Raymond has done outside the world of Midkemia.
		Some of us who are on the Mailing list and Usenet sometimes tend to use these instead of typing out the whole books name.
		This is the list of Games that where based off Ray's books.
	students.uat.edu /jefjonai/feist/elis/f_book.html (538 words)

	The Locus Index to SF Awards: Locus Award Nominees List
		Born from the Beast : novella : 1987/12
		Fiction [by RB, Van Ikin & Sean McMullen] : nonfiction : 2000/8
		Sword and Sorceress V : anthology : 1989/9
	www.locusmag.com /SFAwards/Db/LocusNomList.html (5370 words)

	Edgar Governo, Historian of Things That Never Were
		The Most Up-To-Date Oz List uses a different set of criteria to determine what belongs in the chronology of Oz--but in doing so, it leaves out many of the books in the above chronicles while including many "non-commercial books" which might be considered fan fiction.
		The Superman Timeline, compiled by David T. Chappell, is a list of major "Superman Events" that mixes actual dates and age references as one would expect in such a work.
		The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Chronology, by Damian Gordon, Michael Norwitz, and Philip Graves, is really a "League of Leagues," profiling various groups of literary heroes and their adventures through the centuries, as detailed in the landmark series by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill.
	www.mts.net /~arphaxad/history.html (10642 words)

	The Big List of Eddings Inconsistencies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Having finally got so irritated by the maintenance of the list of inconsistencies I had, I decided to let everyone on the WWW do it for themselves (this seems to have worked quite well in all the votes I maintain).
		Brand can't touch the orb only the child of light can that is why when Poledra took the orb off the sword and puts it in the shield she is not killed.
		Yo M.Bruce@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au, I know you are trying to provoke the people who read this list by being a nasty commentator, but you don't fool me! You read all the books, so you must be a fan and your comments, although they perhaps have some truths in them, are much exaggerated just to get reactions.
	www.cs.man.ac.uk /~fellowsd/eddings/inconsistencyList.html (16388 words)

	The Recommended Author List Q-Z
		Her most recent books have been published under the name Michelle West, and there is also a listing for her under that name.
		Simmons first novel, this is described by the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as showing Calcutta 'as a moral and psychic cesspool, into which the protagonists...sink very deeply indeed as unleased evil...threatens to flood the 1980s.' Hey, it was KATE that recommended this, not me.
		The rationale of this series is really fairly science- fictional, but the tone is fantasy, and you'll generally find them marketed as fantasy.
	www.sff.net /people/Amy.Sheldon/listqz.htm (6064 words)

	Excalibur: Encyclopedia II - Excalibur - Attributes (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Interestingly, in several early French works such as Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail and the Vulgate Lancelot Proper section, Excalibur is said to be the property of Gawain, one of Arthur's best knights.
		This is in contrast to later versions, where the sword belongs solely to the king.
		It is from that sword that Arthur receives his fatal blow.
	www.experiencefestival.com.cob-web.org:8888 /a/Excalibur_-_Attributes/id/621729 (371 words)

	Reading List
		Her books range from very good to excellent, from funny to serious, and the old one seems to be being suddenly reissued.
		Invisible Cities is great (fictional time-traveling conversation between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan about Polo's travels), but my favorite is If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, which is the story of two Readers who can only find first chapters of amazing books - and as they search, they find more and more beginnings.
		Titles I have are listed below, anyone interested by any titles (and I think you get a good clue as to what they're like by the titles) I would gladly mail a synopsis to anyone off list or on, either way let me know.
	www.evan.org /mckillip/reading_list.htm (2331 words)

	The Recommended Author List D-J
		Eddings is by far the most highly recommended author on the List (hardly surprising, as the list originated in the alt.fan.eddings newsgroup).
		I've hesitated to add this to the list, since it is an early work in the field (1922), and quite different from what most people expect from fantasy now, but since Corinne brought it up...Read it.
		Among them were the 'Brak the Barbarian' sword and sorcery series and this amusing parody.
	www.sff.net /people/Amy.Sheldon/listdj.htm (6650 words)

	Cloud strife's sword (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The buster sword is Cloud Strife's default weapon and can be found in Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children, Kingdom Hearts, and several other Square-Enix...
		Heaven's Cloud- Cloud Strife's personal sword, other then the Buster Sword, that does a great amount of Holy-Based damage, which it is doubled against evil...
		See, one guy has a sword that makes Cloud Strife's Buster Sword look like a fucking letter-opener, and the other guy's sword is always broken because he...
	3710.wq0hcj.info.cob-web.org:8888 (774 words)

	Fictional Worlds - Authors and their Books
		Here is a list of some F/SF authors, some of their works and links to web sites.
		Send your favorite authors' names, book titles, and the reasons you like their stories to "the webmaster".
		His science fiction is great (to me, anyway) in that all circumstances are usually based on known scientific principles.
	www.fictionalworlds.com /AUTHORS.HTM (1159 words)

	The Corner on National Review Online
		Terry Teachout's estimate of Reagan as an actor--that he was good--reminds me of a couple of conversations I had with Ed Meese and Lyn Nofziger.
		With all proper respect to the martyrs of June 4, 1989, I cannor forbear pointing out that the best *fictional* account of those events is in Volume 3 of my mega-novel FIRE FROM THE SUN.
		When a job like the one at the CIA opens up, I run through a list of potentially suitable Democrats who come from states with Republican governors--thinking, Machiavelli style, that maybe there's a chance to boost the GOP's Senate majority by one member.
	www.nationalreview.com /thecorner/04_05_30_corner-archive.asp (11916 words)

	Regia Anglorum - Article Index
		Places - Visit the fictional villiage of Wichamstow and its environs to find out more about the period
		Stories and Poems - A collection of fiction and poems by society members
		The Bayeux Tapestry - Further Interpretations - Swords and sword belts on the Bayeux Tapestry
	www.regia.org /listings.htm (678 words)

	edhand.com: Book List
		What follows is a list of the books I have read over the past few years.
		The books are listed in reverse chronological order.
		The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolf
	homepage.mac.com /edahand/booklist.html (2467 words)

	Hot Links - Archives
		HotLinks sources are RSS or Atom 0.3 files with a title, a direct link to the target, eventually a description, no more than ~15 items per day and...
		There's an OPML file listing Hotlinks public feeds.
		If you want an OPML file listing all Hotlinks sources, follow the link !
	dev.upian.com /hotlinks/archives/2006/02/21 (1323 words)

	Swords & Sorcery
		The Army game uses SPI zones-of-control and a combat results table.
		Forces include elves, dwarves, orcs, spiders, swamp creatures and a host of others set in a fictional valley on a fictional world.
		X the Unknown could potentially conjure the SS Wiking Division.
	www.boardgamegeek.com /game/2464 (178 words)

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