And it came to pass in those days, as it had come before and would come again, that Dark lay heavy on the land and weighted down the hearts of men, and green things failed, and hope died. And men cried out to the creator, saying, O Light of the Heavens, Light of the World, let the Promised One be born of the mountain, according to the prophecies, as he was in ages past and will be in ages to come. Let Prince of the Morning sing to the land that green things will grow and the valleys give forth lambs. Let arm of the Lord of Dawn shelter us from the Dark, and the great sword of justice defend us. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
(from Charal Drianaan te Calamon, The Cycle of the Dragon. Auther unknown, the Fourth Age)
There are many Fantasy Realms: Middle Earth (Lord of the Rings), D&D, AD&D, Dragon Bane, Dune, Shadowrun, Doom, Xena, Warcraft,and Many others (There will be some books and things here that are Sci-Fi. Because some Sci-Fi is mixed with Fantasy.).
Recommended Fantasy Realms Links
Lord Of The Rings Movies
Starwars
Shadowrun
WizKidsGames
Cartoon Network's Toonami
Xena Warrior Princess
AD&D Archive
Wizards Of The Coast
Id Software
Blizzard entertainment
Eidos Interactive
Recommended Fantasy Realms Books
(NOTES: An asterisk (*) means: Any book by the author of the denoted book(s) is recommended, but the marked book(s) is/are exceptionally good. Also, just because a book isn't on this list, doesn't mean I don't like it. It probably just means I haven't read it, yet.)
The Silmarillion (By J.R.R. Tolkien)*
The Hobbit (Prequel To The Lord of The Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien)*
Fellowship Of The Ring (Part 1 of The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien)*
The Two Towers (Part 2 of The Lord of The Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien)*
Return Of The King (Part 3 of The Lord of The Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien)*
The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two of the History of Middle Earth (By Christopher Tolkien, from notes written by J.R.R. Tolkien)*
Wizard's First Rule (By Terry Goodkind)*
Faith of the Fallen (By Terry Goodkind)*
The Spell Sword: A Darkover Novel (by Marion Zimmer Bradley)
DragonsBane (By Barbra Hambly)
The Pern Series (By Anne McCaffrey)
The Eye Of The World (Book One Of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan)
Slay and Rescue (By John Moore)
Warriors of Virtue (By Robert Tine, Michael Vickerman, Hugh Kelley.)
Greyhawk: Descent into the Depths of the Earth (By Paul Kidd)
Wolf and Raven: A Shadowrun Novel (By Michael A. Stackpole)
The Anita Blake Novel Series (by Laurell K. Hamilton, about a preternatural expert/necromancer named Anita Blake living and working in modern day Branson, Missouri)
Daemons, Inc. (By Camille Bacon-Smith)
Death of the Dragon (By Ed Greenwood)*
Recommended Fantasy Realms Movies
The Neverending Story movie series
Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie (If you play the Pen & Paper AD&D you may not perfer to see this movie.)
The Hobbit (The 1977 animated TV movie.)
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (In theaters everywhere December 19, 2001, currently in very limited release)
The Wizard of Oz
The Crow (the original one w/ Brandon Lee)
Merlin (Fox TV movie w/ Sam Niell playing the title role)
Fantasy Realms Stories
Shadowrun
Quake
Dune
Doom: The Story Behind the Game
Heretic: The Story
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Warcraft II: Tides Of Darkness