Flights of Fantasy

While we're still stumbling around and trying to find something to write about, here's some more ideas for the 2nd essay. For the fantasy inclined fan, here's some works that you could turn into video games.

Phantasmagorical and Strange Happenings

• The Redwall series by Brain Jacques:
  anthropomorphic animals, swords and protecting their castle from the enemy are the main points of this series. Do I sense an RTS?


• Diana Wynne Jones' novels:
  Did you know Howl's Moving Castle had a sequel? Or you could try the Chrestomanci series featuring a enchanter with nine lives.


• The works of Raymond E. Feist:
  Try to to focus on one book or one of the smaller series. Yes, there have been some games but you could make Magician: The Game or how about political intrigue Tsurani style in Daughter of the Empire.


• Arcorna by Anne McCaffrey


• Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea's series


• The Black Jewels by Anne Bishop:
  'Bad fantasy' but does have some elements appropriate for games that have units or characters that level up via hierarchy.


• David Eddings:
  Perhaps try The Elenium or The Tamuli.


• Promethea by Alan Moore (Alan Moore may screw your head in this one. Copies of this comic are floating around in the Brisbane City Council library system)


• Novels by Haruki Murakami (Challenging and intense reading)


• Tomorrow series by John Marsden (Die hard fans may kill you for destroying the spirit of the book


• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (intense reading, if you're female you might think it's shit)


• American Gods by Neil Gaiman


• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer:
  Contains a child who's an evil genius, fairy police force with lasers and a ninja butler.


• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke


• Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde


• Abarat series by Clive Baker:
  If you're going to tackle this one, perhaps concentrate on the world of Abarat.