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 Defining Trait Connections
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"Trouble with Water" (1939) by
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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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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.
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different types of fantasy literature
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