Michael Franklin

This book does quite a competent job of summing up the fantasy genre as it existed up to the time of publication (1982) , describing both major and minor authors, with helpful lists of their works, lists of the winners of British and American fantasy awards, a sensible attempt to define the fantasy genre and differentiate it from science fiction and horror (though it does include a far amount of what I would call horror) and something of its historical background. The only significant error I have caught is that it spells Doctor Dolittle "Doolittle" in its discussion of Hugh Lofting.… (mehr)