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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The fantasy book genre is an enormous part of publishing, and some of the most popular novels and series take place in the real world because that makes the most sense for the story. Famous novels like The Lord of the Rings series and Dune are set in imagined realms or faraway planets, as their events wouldn't make sense if they took place on Earth at any point in history.
10 Percy Jackson And The Olympians Written by Rick Riordan Close One of the most popular young adult fantasy series of all time, Percy Jackson and the Olympians recently got a TV series adaptation on Disney+. Percy Jackson season 2 will have certain book changes as season 1 did. However, alterations in the story on screen won't stop Percy Jackson from remaining in the hearts and minds of audiences, especially since it's so tied to the geography of the modern world.
The setting is predominantly confined to New York City and upstate New York, and The Hazel Wood has the softness and sensitivity for the real world that Alice carries with her. For the existence of the Hinterland to matter and to be both terrifying and thrilling, the story needs the mundane natural world with all of its own beauty and danger. Much of the plot comes down to Alice's desire to live out her life in the real world as she intends, not to be part of anyone else's story.
Mexican folklore is explored and brought to life vividly in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's epic tale of Mayan gods and self-discovery. Casiopea Tun lives in her grandfather's house in Yucatán during the Jazz Age, but when she awakens the Mayan god of the dead, Hun-Kamé. Together, they leave home and traverse across the country through Mexico City up to California.
However, The City of Brass carefully balances historical facts with unbelievable fiction as Nahri leaves behind her life in Cairo and follows a Djinn, Dara, to the mythical city of Daevabad. 3 American Gods Written by Neil Gaiman Close The magic and gods in American Gods only exist because of the real people who believe in them, and it's their beliefs that hold the true power.
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