Hard fantasy is a term used for varieties of fantasy literature that present stories set in, and often centered on, a rational and knowable world. In this sense the term echoes hard science fiction, from which its name is drawn, since both build their fictional worlds in a rigorous and logical manner, though the term also carries other, less consistent uses, and one scholar has argued it is both unpopular and imprecise.
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Notable ExampleTrouble with Water (1939) 1 Defining TraitMagic treated as an almost scientific force of nature subject to rules and principles 1 Sources
1. Hard fantasy - Wikipedia
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magic is regarded as an almost scientific force of nature and subject to the same sort of rules and principles
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