Introduction

There is a question that must, unfortunately, still be answered before any discussion of the works of authors such as Jules Verne, J. R. R. Tolkien, Poul Anderson, or Ursula K. LeGuin can begin: Why discuss fantasy at all? And to answer that question we must first ask what is fantasy anyway, where did it come from, and what are its purposes and uses?

It is my hope that in the pages of this site you will find some of those answers.