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		<title>Our Picks: Best Fantasy Writers of the Last 50 Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We know this article&#8217;s going to meet a lot of argument across the web but we have to get it out there: our list of the top 3 fantasy writers of the last 50 years. Whether or not you&#8217;ve been to http://www.wildbluedeals.com/satellite-intern to get online and order their books or you&#8217;ve simply heard of them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ancientmirrors.com/2012/01/10/our-picks-best-fantasy-writers-of-the-last-50-years/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;I do believe in fairies&#8221;: Fantasies based on fairytales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As writers&#8217; we have the privilege of creating new and exciting worlds. Within those worlds we can populate it with fantastical creatures. Lands possessed by Orcs or countries ruled by peaceful elves are just some of the possibilities open to a fantasy writer. One of the most popular characters to include in a fantasy novel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ancientmirrors.com/2011/12/22/i-do-believe-in-fairies-fantasies-based-on-fairytales/</link>
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		<title>The weird works of Neil Gaiman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Neil Gaiman is the author of the wildly popular children&#8217;s book, Coraline. Turned into a major motion picture, Coraline tells the story of a girl, discontent with what she has, who ventures through a secret door into another world populated by quasi-mirror images of her life. It is a cautionary tale, intended to teach children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ancientmirrors.com/2011/12/08/the-weird-works-of-neil-gaiman/</link>
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		<title>An introduction to fantasy manga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many different kinds of entertainment out there for people all over the world to enjoy. One of the most popular forms of entertainment in this day and age is Manga. Tons of people are beginning to appreciate these stories in the same way that they love a good movie or a novel by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ancientmirrors.com/2011/11/25/an-introduction-to-fantasy-manga/</link>
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		<title>Suffering from &#8220;Seeker&#8221; withdrawal?  Check out the books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In just two seasons, the television series Legend of the Seeker (based on Terry Goodkind&#8217;s &#8220;Sword of Truth&#8221; novels) has won the type of fan loyalty usually reserved for shows twice its age. How can we tell? Because when the cancellation of the series was reported on April 26, fans began a campaign called &#8220;Save [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ancientmirrors.com/2010/10/05/suffering-from-seeker-withdrawal-check-out-the-books/</link>
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		<title>J.K. Rowling in the after-&#8221;Harry&#8221; world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What a difference 24 hours makes.&#8221; This was J.K. Rowling&#8217;s comment on how quickly the attitudes of the press can change, but it applies equally well to the author&#8217;s overnight success. In 1997, Rowling published the first book of her Harry Potter saga, Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone, and became possibly the most-recognized fantasy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ancientmirrors.com/2010/09/28/j-k-rowling-in-the-after-harry-world/</link>
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		<title>Big &#8220;Wheel of Time&#8221; keeps on turning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fantasy fans are well aware of how easily an imaginary world can take the place of one&#8217;s own. Millions of readers around the world have thrilled to such fictional universes over the years, especially the &#8220;Wheel of Time&#8221; series by Robert Jordan. However, no one could have predicted that Jordan would die in 2007 without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ancientmirrors.com/2010/09/21/big-wheel-of-time-keeps-on-turning/</link>
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		<title>Anne Bishop&#8217;s sparkling &#8220;Black Jewels&#8221; series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While strong female characters in fantasy literature are not uncommon, they are often created by men. If you don&#8217;t believe this makes a difference, just take a look at Roy Thomas&#8217;s Red Sonja, or even William Moulton Marston&#8217;s Wonder Woman. Novelist Anne Bishop turns traditional expectations of buxom, sword-wielding fantasy heroines on their heads, however, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ancientmirrors.com/2010/09/14/anne-bishops-sparkling-black-jewels-series/</link>
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		<title>Gertrude Barrows Bennett: mother of a genre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fantasy encompasses such a wide variety of fiction that it would be overwhelming without categorization. In the 70&#8242;s, author Charles L. Grant named the genre &#8220;dark fantasy,&#8221; referring to fiction with elements of both fantasy and horrorhowever, he was by no means the first to work with this potent combination. That honor traditionally is attributed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ancientmirrors.com/2010/09/07/gertrude-barrows-bennett-mother-of-a-genre/</link>
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