Summary: University of Michigan professor Eric S. Rabkin discusses the fantastic in its most important modern variety, science fiction, as part of the entire course on fantasy literature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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Donaldson, Stephen R.
Summary: He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet he was tempted to believe, to fight for the Land, to be the reincarnation of its greatest hero ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DONKova, Elise.
Summary: "Three thousand years ago, humans were hunted by powerful races with wild magic until the treaty was formed. Now, for centuries, the elves have taken young women from Luella's village to be their Human Queen. To be chosen is seen as a mark of death by the townsfolk. A mark nineteen-year-old Luella is grateful to have escaped as a girl. Instead, she's dedicated her life to studying herbology and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Wing Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KOVTaylor, Laini
Summary: "As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAYBeaty, Erin
Summary: "In Erin Beaty's fantasy mystery-thriller, Blood and Moonlight, an orphan with a secret, magical sight gets caught between a mysterious genius and the serial killer he's hunting. "--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BEADabos, Christelle
Summary: "When Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight. her gift--the ability to read the secret history of objects--is now known by all, and there can be no greater threat to the nefarious denizens of her icy adopted home than this. Beneath the golden rafters of Pole's capitol, she discovers that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DABMcElroy, Clint
Summary: "A desperate call for help interrupts holiday celebrations at the Bureau of Balance, and sends Taako, Magnus and Merle on a high-stakes mission to find and reclaim a fourth deadly relic: a powerful transmutation stone, hidden somewhere in the depths of afloating arcane laboratory that's home to the Doctors Maureen and Lucas Miller. An unknown menace has seized control of the stone, and is using...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MCEBartók, Mira
Summary: In this extraordinary debut novel with its deft nod to Dickensian heroes and rogues, Mira Bartók tells the story of Arthur, a shy, fox-like foundling with only one ear and a desperate desire to belong, as he seeks his destiny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BARAkahori, Satoru.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2005
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SORChadda, Sarwat
Summary: "Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan are prisoners. Framed for a crime they didn't commit, the four young Greencloaks have been captured by the ruthless Oathbound. Rather than facing trial with the rest of their order, the friends and their spirit animals find themselves smuggled to a remote palace. There they discover that the plot against them runs deeper -- and is far more sinister -- than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J SAFB 8Flanagan, John (John Anthony)
Summary: Collects the lost stories of the Rangers who risked their lives to defend the kingdom, including the tales of the young warrior Horace, the courageous princess Evanlyn, the diplomat Alyss, and Will and his mentor, Halt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2013
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Summary: "After nearly killing his oldest friend, the Fool, and finding his daughter stolen away by those who were once targeting the Fool, FitzChivarly Farseer is out for blood. And who better to wreak havoc than a highly trained and deadly former royal assassin? Fitz might have let his skills go fallow over his years of peace, but such things, once learned, are not so easily forgotten. And nothing is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2015
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Summary: Believing they have tamed all the wild winged horses, stable groom Rahkki and his Sandwen clanmates are stunned when a wild herd flies over their village, but this herd has crossed the ocean hoping to settle in a free land, unaware of the Sandwens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ALVBlade, Adam.
Summary: Taladon the Swift has returned! But to Tom's horror, his father is a ghost. To save Taladon, Tom must battle the Ghost Beasts and collect the pieces of the shattered Amulet of Avantia. First is Nixa the Death Bringer. Will her deadly disguises lure Tom to his death?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BLAQuinn, Jordan
Summary: Ruskin and his friends travel to Flatfrost for the Winter Festival where the legendary ice dragon has appeared -- she who unknowingly holds an important piece to the puzzle of who the dark forces are that have been plotting against Ruskin all along.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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Summary: Tom must find the twin dragons Vedra and Krimon before the evil wizard Malvel tries to capture and control them with his dark magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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Summary: Rachel and Kirsty are going to an outdoor adventure camp, but Jack Frost has stolen the seven magical animals from their fairies and they must rush to help Erin the Phoenix Fairy save her phoenix, Giggles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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Summary: "As the heirs to opposing sides in a warring city, Kate Harker and Augustus Flynn should never have met. A Romeo and Juliet-esque fantasy about the difference between good and evil and the blurry gray area in between"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION SCHAnderson, M. T.
Summary: "Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to their mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom -- from which no elf has returned alive in more than a hundred years. Brangwain's host, the goblin archivist Werfel, is delighted to show Brangwain around. They should be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ANDBowen, Lila.
Summary: "A rich, dark fantasy of destiny, death, and the supernatural world hiding beneath the surface. Nettie Lonesome lives in a land of hard people and hard ground dusted with sand. She's a half-breed who dresses like a boy, raised by folks who don't call her a slave but use her like one. She knows of nothing else. That is, until the day a stranger attacks her. When nothing, not even a sickle to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOWHarkness, Deborah E.
Summary: A fully illustrated guide to Deborah Harkness's #1 New York Time A Discovery of Witches In The World of All Souls, Harkness shares the rich sources of inspiration behind her bewitching novels. She draws together synopses, character bios, maps, recipes, and even the science behind creatures, magic, and alchemy--all with her signature historian's touch. Bursting with fascinating facts and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARSuzuki, Nakaba
Summary: "Meliodas is on the verge of death as Elizabeth turns herself in to Hendrickson to save Gilthunder. During this moment of crisis, their trusted comrade, Ban the Undead, steps in. However, the Fox Sin of Greed they once knew is no longer - bane bares his fangs and attacks, aiming straight for Meliodas's heart! "--back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SEVRowling, J. K.
Summary: While attending the Magical Congress of the United States of America in 1926, Newt Scamander is pursued by the wizarding authorities when dangerous beasts and their habitats escape from his magical briefcase.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016