1. Adventures in Storytelling: Fantasy Katie Dunneback, Southeastern Library Services & Michele Leininger, State Library of Iowa

2. Class Objectives Understand the history and evolution of the fantasy genre Recognize current trends in fantasy publishing Identify: – Sub-genres and genre-blends –Fantasy publishers – Review outlets –Organizations and Awards Indicate methods to analyze a fantasy collection Identify RA tools for fantasy readers Discover ways to market the fantasy collection

3. Fantasy - Timeline Once upon a time…

4. Fantasy - Timeline Middle Ages – Renaissance

5. Fantasy - Timeline “Modern” Fantasy Novels - Britain

6. Fantasy – Timeline Not-Quite-“Modern” Fantasy Novel – United States

7. Fantasy – Timeline “Modern” Fantasy Novels – United States

8. Fantasy - Timeline Pulp Magazines

9. Fantasy - Timeline Major themes developed

10. Fantasy - Timeline Fantasy’s turning point

11. Fantasy - Timeline From Tolkein to today

12. Fantasy - Timeline Today’s fantasy

13. Current Trends Urban fantasy Female domination (both main characters & authors) Steampunk (blending of science fiction & fantasy)

14. Fantasy - why is it paired with Science Fiction all the time?

15. Fantasy Authors of Note Benchmark –Tolkein, Lewis, Burroughs, Baum, Dunsany, MacDonald, Haggard, de Camp, Leiber, Bradbury, Zimmer Bradley, Lovecraft New classic –Le Guin, McCaffrey, Norton, Saberhagen, Yolen, Zelazny, Brooks, de Lint, Anthony, Pratchett, Eddings, Jordan

16. Fantasy Authors of Note, Part II Well-Established –Gaiman, Block, Goodkind, Maguire, Martin, Nix, Pullman, Salvatore, Gavriel Kay, Lackey, McMaster Bujold, Carey, Miéville, Rowling, Wrede, Bull Keep an Eye On –Harrison, Sanderson, Butcher, Valente

17. Major Awards James Tiptree, Jr. Award Hugo Nebula World Fantasy Awards

18. Your Fantasy Collection Today

19. Your Fantasy Collection Tomorrow

20. “I Think I Want a Fantasy” Considerations for Fantasy RA: –Setting: contemporary, historical, futuristic, uchronia? –Tone: dark, light, comedic? –Fantasy elements: otherworldly beings, quest, magic, alternate history, other? –Style of writing: first person, third? Present tense, past? Ornate language or crisp and clean?

21. How do we help Fantasy readers?

22. RA Fantasy sources

23. What did you read?

24. How do you define Fantasy?

25. Fantasy and beyond Create a fantasy “core collection” list Get to know your fantasy collection Use the class Web site for links to authors, reviews, awards, organizations, bloggers and resources Find one new way to market your collection to users Make a review, book list and readers’ map for extra credit Watch for the next announcement in August for the next Adventures in Storytelling class, which will be Historicals

26. Important notes Extra credit for Fantasy class is due by 5:00 pm four weeks from today. The Historicals class will be held on September 4, 10, and October 7. Registrations for Historicals class will begin following the last Fantasy class (which is July 29). Announcement will be to this group first. Class website: http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/continuing-ed/genrestudy Michele’s e-mail address: michele.leininger@lib.state.ia.us Katie’s e-mail address: kdunneback@sls.lib.ia.us