7 January 2011

WHERE’S YOUR FANTASY PLACE?

The thing I love about fantasy books is that nothing is impossible – new lands and different creatures exist, strange languages are spoken, and unusual foods are eaten. Your imagination can run wild creating the images of all these new things in your mind.

Some of my favourite fantasy books include: Garth Nix’s ‘Sabriel’ trilogy, Trudi Canavan’s ‘Magician Apprentice’ trilogy and Jim Butcher’s ‘Furies of Calderon’. I just love the different worlds created in these stories.

Based on another book blogger's post (that sadly I can't find their post to link to), which featured a beautiful, fantastical image of a settlement in the Middle East, I decided to find some inspiration that already exists around us. We’ve been blessed with some beautiful natural sights and wonders, which I think would make a perfect setting for a fantasy story.



Grand Canyon, USA















Chocolate Hills, Philippines
















China



If you were to write a fantasy story, what kind of landscapes or natural settings would you feature?