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Legends FOR over a thousand years, storytellers have spun tales of King Arthur of Britain, his Queen Guinevere, and the circle of his noble Knights. Why do these stories endure? How does an outlaw in Lincoln green with a taste for disguise and foolery survive for six hundred years to inspire disguised tricksters from Alta California to Revolutionary France to the farthest reaches of the galaxy?
How have these songs and stories twisted and turned over the centuries, and how have they defined our expectations of heroism, romance, and adventure? This is Legends, Paula Kate Marmor's personal journey through the worlds of Robin Hood, King Arthur, D'Artagnan, and other swashbuckling characters of balladry, fiction, and film, from the shores of Avalon to the dungeons of Zenda.
http://legends.dm.net/

Essay on Epic Fantasy
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20020624/epic_fantasy.shtml

Boston Public Library Booklist of Epic Fantasy for adults
http://www.bpl.org/research/AdultBooklists/epic.htm

The Epic Fantasy Test - Test your knowledge of epic fantasy
http://jvj.com/epicftsy.htm

Epic Fantasy Myth and Symbol - Home of the Epic Fantasy Writers Guild
Great site. Lots of good stuff for writers, lessons and links.
http://www.saradouglass.com/createw.html

One complete nut bars complete guide to epic fantasy -
http://www.bibliora.com/P5_0303/html/fantasy.html

Nice essay on epic fantasy from the Wolf's Den
http://my.erinet.com/~jwoolf/epic_f.html

Epic Magazine for Fantasy Fans
http://www.epic-mag.com/

Essay - Thoughts on the enjoyment of Heroic Fantasy
http://www.violetbooks.com/heroic.html

Black Gate - Adventures in Fantasy Literature (Subscription magazine)
http://www.blackgate.com/index.htm

Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust
http://mzbworks.home.att.net/

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