Hard fantasy is a term used to describe different types of fantasy literature, especially those which present stories set in (and often centered on) a rational and knowable world. In this sense, the term is analogous to hard science fiction, from which it draws its name, in that both build their respective worlds in a rigorous and logical manner.[1][2] However, the term has other uses, and the scholar Misha Grifka-Wander has argued that it is both unpopular and inaccurate.[3]
^Brian Stableford (13 August 2009). The A to Z of Fantasy Literature. Scarecrow Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-8108-6345-3.
^Westfahl, Gary (1997). "Hard Fantasy". In Clute, John; Grant, John (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. London: Orbit.
^Grifka-Wander, Misha (2019). "Moving Forward: Gender, Genre, and Why There's No Hard Fantasy". Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory. pp. 61–82.
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