It is sometimes known as Low fantasy in contrast to High fantasy, which is primarily serious in intent and tone.

The term " Low Fantasy " is used to represent other types of fantasy, however, so while comic fantasies may also correctly be classified as low fantasy, many examples of low fantasy are not comic in nature.

* Low fantasy

* Low fantasy

* Fantasy / Low fantasy

Low fantasies are set in the real world but necessarily not in modern age, in which case they would not be contemporary fantasy.

Category: Low fantasy novels

Category: Low fantasy novels

Category: Low fantasy novels

Category: Low fantasy novels

Category: Low fantasy novels

The fantasy writer and paleontologist Caitlín R. Kiernan has used Red Mountain, particularly the area west of U. S. Route 31 and the Red Mountain cut, as the setting for four of her novels – Silk ( 1998 ), Threshold ( 2001 ), Low Red Moon ( 2003 ), and, to a much lesser extent, Murder of Angels ( 2004 ).

Low fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy fiction involving " nonrational happenings that are without causality or rationality because they occur in the rational world where such things are not supposed to occur.

" Low fantasy stories are set in the real world.

Low fantasy is contrasted with high fantasy, which takes place in a completely fictional fantasy world setting ( partly or entirely, as high fantasy may start from or connect to the real world in places ).

Low fantasy places relatively less emphasis on typical elements associated with fantasy, setting a narrative in real-world environments with elements of the fantastical.

Low fantasy is characterised by being set in the real (" Primary ") world, or a rational and familiar fictional world, with the inclusion of magical elements.

In Dutch, a distinction still exists between on the one hand ' de Nederlanden ' ( plural, the Low Countries ) and ' Nederland ' ( singular, the present-day state of the Netherlands ) that is a consequence of this separation in the 17th century.

In Germany, Low Franconian only exists as Meuse-Rhenish regiolects and dialects

A Juliette Low School also exists in Anaheim, California and Arlington Heights, Illinois.

* Low doses of some antidepressants such as amitriptyline are thought to be effective in treating neuropathic pain, but a tremendous amount of controversy exists on this topic, and their use is often limited to treating the depression that is associated with chronic pain, rather than the actual sensation of pain from the trigeminal nerve.

A 1991 built Morrisons ( originally Safeway ) exists on the eastern edge of the town centre and the original Safeway on Kirk Road ( previously a William Low supermarket ), about from the new store, was a small market style mall and hosted various stalls and a café, however this mall closed on March 2009 and has been converted back to its supermarket form into B & M Bargains discount store.

One Low Band antenna exists for Tropical Band broadcasting.

Fair use rationale: Low resolution image illustrating the armor and appearance of the Hirogen for which no known free equivalent exists.

Low hands tie more frequently than high hands, especially in community card games, so it is not uncommon for such a hand to win a small fraction of a poker pot.

* the term " Low on Mana ", used in role playing games in which a magician needs to replenish mana reserves, the power required to cast magic spells.

* Oliver Low ( born 1970 ) in Hemel Hempstead a poet, software engineer, composer, games designer and author.

* Low Ping Bastard, a term used to refer to players in multiplayer online games with low latency, and thus low lag

A group of boys from the Benedictine school Douai following a tradition at their school games sang Swing Low, Sweet Chariot whenever a try was scored.

Since then Swing Low, Sweet Chariot became a song to sing at England home games, in the same way that Fields of Athenry is sung in Dublin and Cwm Rhondda is sung at Cardiff.

Low cost HMD devices are available for use with 3D games and entertainment applications.

Low poly meshes occur in real-time applications ( e. g. games ) and contrast with high poly meshes in animated movies and special effects of the same era.

Several games achieved critical success ; Tornado Low Level and Highway Encounter appearing in the Your Sinclair official top 100, for example.

Low, broken-in, soft-soled, non-marking shoes, such as dance shoes, sneakers, or sandals, are recommended and, in some places, required.

Low carbohydrate diets such as Atkins and Protein Power are relatively high in protein and fats.

Low acid foods, such as vegetables and meats require pressure canning.

Low partial pressure of atmospheric oxygen such as found at high altitude or by reduced replacement of oxygen in the breathing mix.

Low quality of available factory ammunition even without scarcity of such ammunition can also lead to fabrication of handloaded ammunition.

Low dose applications such as disinfestation of fruit range between US $ 0. 01 / lbs and US $ 0. 08 / lbs while higher dose applications can cost as much as US $ 0. 20 / lbs.

Hatfield and Strohm shared songwriting credits and often sang together in harmony or octaves, creating a memorable " boy-girl " sound rarely encountered in rock ( except in the work of X and a few later indie bands such as Velocity Girl, Hazel, Quasi, Low, Mates of State, and Rainer Maria ).

One such Multiple Kick commonly seen in Taekwondo, is a slightly complex Side Kick where a High Side Kick is followed by a Low Side Kick which is in turn followed by a more powerful Side Kick.

Like Polish, Kashubian includes about 5 % loanwords from Low German, such as kùńszt ( art ), and some from High German.

The regional dialect of Low German spoken in Prussia ( or East Prussia ), Low Prussian, preserved a number of Baltic Prussian words, such as kurp, from the Old Prussian kurpi, for shoe ( in contrast to the standard German Schuh ).

Some Surrealists, such as Benjamin Péret, Mary Low, and Juan Breá, aligned with forms of left communism.

The album was nonetheless a personal high point for Partridge, who ranks songs such as "( The Everyday Story of ) Smalltown " and " Train Running Low on Soul Coal " amongst his best work.

The Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System ( LAPES ) is a somewhat risky maneuver which allows accurate delivery onto a field when landing is not possible, and the practice was stopped after a fatal crash was caused by one such failed operation.

Low or moderate inflation may be attributed to fluctuations in real demand for goods and services, or changes in available supplies such as during scarcities, as well as to growth in the money supply.

For special cements, such as Low Heat ( LH ) and Sulfate Resistant ( SR ) types, it is necessary to limit the amount of tricalcium aluminate ( 3 CaO · Al < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 3 </ sub >) formed.

There are cognates in most Germanic languages, such as the Swedish, Faroese and Nynorsk ; West Frisian and Middle Low German ; Middle Dutch ; Dutch ; Middle Low German ; Middle High German (""); German, and perhaps Old English.

Low, thick clouds ( such as stratocumulus ) primarily reflect incoming solar radiation, causing it to have a high albedo, whereas high, thin clouds ( such as Cirrus ) tend to transmit it to the surface but then trap outgoing infrared radiation, causing it to have low albedo.

Low explosives typically consist of a composition of an oxidizing salt, such as potassium nitrate, and solid fuel, such as charcoal or aluminum powder.

Low doses of certain atypical antipsychotics such as quetiapine, olanzapine, and risperidone are also prescribed for their sedative effect, but the danger of neurological, metabolic, and cognitive side-effects makes these drugs a poor choice to treat insomnia.

In Belgium, the title of Duke of Brabant ( historically the most prestigious in the Low Countries, and containing the federal capital Brussels ), if still vacant, has been awarded preferentially to the eldest son and heir presumptive of the king, other male dynasts receiving various lower historical titles ( much older than Belgium, and in principle never fallen to the Belgian crown ), such as Count of Flanders ( King Leopold III's so-titled brother held the title when he became the realm's temporary head of state as prince-regent ) and Prince of Liège ( a secularised version of the historical prince-bishopric ; e. g., the present King Albert II until he succeeded his older brother Baudouin I ).

The town became one of the richest burghs in the country, doing trade with France, the Low Countries and Baltic Countries for goods such as Spanish silk and French wine.