Books
Where to begin with Earthsea
Six books, a sea of islands, and a world that changes as you read. A simple route into Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea.
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A new chapter in the fantasticFantasy books,
Fantasy books,
stories, and the
people who
create them.
For the curious reader. The world-builder.
And anyone who’s ever disappeared into a book.
New perspectives. Old favourites. Other worlds.
Beyond the familiarAn invitation to wander ↗Pull up a chair
Browse the bookshelf From the reading room
Stories
Make room for a short story
A small reading ritual, a few reliable places to start, and the pleasure of a complete world in one sitting.
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Books
Reading Piranesi without a map
An invitation to pay attention to Susanna Clarke’s House, with a few questions to keep beside your reading chair.
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Tools for world-makers
All name generators Names with a meaning
Dragon names
Generate dragon names with meanings. Choose fire, frost, storm, earth, shadow or sea, add an epithet, and see what each syllable means.
Open the generatorWizard names
Generate wizard names with meanings for scholars, hedge witches, court magicians, wanderers and sinister sorcerers, with titles and places.
Open the generatorTavern and town names
Generate fantasy tavern and inn names with a sign to hang outside, and fantasy town names built from real English and Norse place-name elements.
Open the generatorThe Realms of Fantasy archive
Open the archive Some stories stay with us.
Explore the history, people and surviving references of a magazine that made room for the fantastic. A growing guide to its literary past.
For those who make worlds
At the writing desk
Art & imaginationA world in the margins
Look a little longer. There is more to an illustration than its first impression.
Take a closer lookLeave a little room for wonder.
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