”Blue skies, green grass”: Is The Redemption of Althalus a reliable biological record?

This paper investigates whether high fantasy worlds can be naturalistic. After a brief introductory analysis of the Lonely Mountain in The Hobbit, discussion turns to The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings. References were collected to flora and fauna from the secondary world of the n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee Raye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research 2016-06-01
Series:Fafnir
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Online Access:http://journal.finfar.org/articles/blue-skies-green-grass-is-the-redemption-of-althalus-a-reliable-biological-record/