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Old 03-09-2021, 05:17 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Unfortunately I think there's a certain trend of magical realism that tries to be a gritty version of Harry Potter.

And don't forget about isekai, TH. It's been a pretty massive sub-genre of fantasy for the past decade or so.
Okay, that looks like your John Carter of Mars/Spellsinger/Narnia kind of thing? I had not heard of it being a separate sub-genre before.
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