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Friday, April 19, 2013

Q is for Quests in Fantasy Fiction

 

This year's A to Z Challenge theme is: All About Foxwick. I know I said on Saturday that I would be commenting more, and I still plan to. I finished Camp NaNoWriMo on Monday, but then I caught my dad's cold over the weekend. Yes, I'm totally blaming it on him, and I've just not felt well. I'm starting to feel better--when I'm not coughing up lungs--so I'll be making the rounds soon. I promise.

Q is for ... Quests in Fantasy Fiction

Quests and fantasy go hand in hand and Foxwick is no exception. I’ve showcased various quests in the flash fiction piece “Quaylin’s Quest” from A to Z Flashes of Foxwick as well as the short story “Mage Game” from Women of Foxwick. Another quest comes along in “Monster Hunter” from the forthcoming Men of Foxwick. 

What’s your favorite quest in fantasy fiction?
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15 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 19, 2013 at 8:17 AM

    Oh, quests are the BEST in fantasy or any kind of spec fic. I love it when a hero and his/her buddies go off on a quest! :-)

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  2. Alex J. CavanaughApril 19, 2013 at 8:44 AM

    Wouldn't be epic fantasy without a quest.

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  3. mshatchApril 19, 2013 at 9:07 AM

    I don't really care what the quest is, or even if it's been done before. It just has to be done well and have something unique about it.

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  4. Al DiazApril 19, 2013 at 9:38 AM

    I hope you get well real soon.
    My favorite quest is still the ring quest. :)

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  5. Whispering ThoughtsApril 19, 2013 at 10:37 AM

    We chose the same word. Get well soon

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  6. Gwen GardnerApril 19, 2013 at 12:32 PM

    The Harry Potter series is my favorite quest! What an adventure! The Hobbit was a fun quest, too :)

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  7. Christine RainsApril 19, 2013 at 3:12 PM

    I second the vote for Harry Potter! :) Have a great weekend.

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  8. JaiApril 19, 2013 at 5:25 PM

    Quests are fun and Harry Potter is awesome.

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  9. Michael Offutt, Phantom ReaderApril 19, 2013 at 5:38 PM

    I don't mind quests but I kind of like George R.R. Martin's style of doing things sans quest.

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  10. AnonymousApril 19, 2013 at 7:00 PM

    I'm looking at my books and I think the only ones I have are Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. Both epic quests.

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  11. Shell FlowerApril 19, 2013 at 7:37 PM

    My boyfriend and I dragged my 9yr old son on a "quest" to walk some of the Santiago De Compostela trail in Europe after watching all the Lord of the Rings movies. Quests are awesome in fiction. In reality, painful, wet and hungry about sums it up.

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  12. Jeff HargettApril 19, 2013 at 8:02 PM

    I've always been a sucker for epic quests.

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  13. DL HammonsApril 19, 2013 at 8:20 PM

    Did you really just blame your Dad?!?! :)

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  14. Rachna ChhabriaApril 20, 2013 at 1:52 AM

    I too am a sucker for quests. Hope you get rid of the cold soon.

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  15. Lady's KnightApril 20, 2013 at 3:25 PM

    To quest or not to quest that is the quest ion

    Good for fantasy and A to Z

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