Tales involving magic, paranormal mystical beings and ghastly creatures have been with us in our civilization ever since the dawning of man. The Odyssey by Homer meets the meaning of the fantasy genre with its magic, gods, heroes, adventures and creatures. Fantasy literature, as we come to know it, came out in Victorian era, with the works of authors which include William Morris and George MacDonald.
J.R.R. Tolkien had a substantial part in the reputation of the fantasy genre with his highly lucrative works, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was basically affected by an aged body of Anglo-Saxon stories, particularly Beowulf, combined with modern works as an example The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison. It was after the publication of his work that the genre commenced to acquire the moniker "fantasy" (sometimes applied retroactively to the works of Eddison, Carroll, Howard). Tolkien's companion C.S. Lewis, writer of The Chronicles of Narnia together with a fellow English professor with a similar array of interests, as well as aided to showcase the fantasy genre.
As we flow to the future. Writer J.K. Rowling with her very fantastic Harry Potter collection has made the fantasy genre a lot more well-known than ever before. Million upon millions of followers wait in long lines while the very next installment of the Harry Potter books and movies are scheduled to be unveiled. Through rain, sleet or snow, the Harry Potter's devoted are there waiting for days in line to simply be counted among the very first ones to read or look at the recent movie/book. Right when you believe that, you have observed it all, along comes Stephanie Meyer with her Twilight saga. Each of these books and movies have griped the majority of young female viewers like no other fantasy, romance, horror titles ever.
Same as Harry Potter admirers spill out in droves to be a part of the midnight showing or release party. The Twilight buffs have themselves a nickname "twilighters." Another fantasy book who have quite a lot of fans is the Lord of the Rings series. A number of movies have already been produced for this series, and all have done very well indeed. The Hobbit is the future fantasy book that will see the big screen in the near future.
Will this book to movie be prosperous? More importantly, will the devotees support it? If it is anything like The Lord of the Rings and The Harry Potter series, its going to do extremely well indeed. Many fantasy fanatics sit and be patient until their alternate most desired book titles to be made into movies or for the next saga in a continuing series to be unveiled. As you know, you can't spell fantasy without fan. Yes, the fantasy genre is increasing by leaps and bounds at the moment, nevertheless the aficionados are multiplying right together with it.
Arguable fantasy books are the hottest genre going at this time and it doesn't seem that it will likely be slowing down anytime in the near future. So take a seat and appreciate the fantasy books grand adventure. The best for this category is still to come. Who knows just what innovative tale will come next for us all to delight in.