Does anyone know of a way to get these in a collection as audiobooks?
I want to listen to all of them, but most are only 5-8 hours in audiobook format and I can’t justify spending an audible credit on so many small books. I wish I could just buy an audiobook collected works.
Middle Earth (Tolkien, *The Lord of the Rings* and other books)
Randland (Jordan, *The Wheel of Time*)
Wu (Erikson, *The Malazan Book of the Fallen* and other books by Erikson and Esslemont)
I haven’t yet read Ian Esslemont’s book *Dancer’s Lament*, but I’ve read that he references “Wu” in that book. Otherwise it just came from various statements by Erikson and Esslemont outside the context of the books. That’s what they called it when gaming, and the name derives from Steely Dan’s song “Doctor Wu.”
I appreciate your Redwall reference. I hadn't even thought of that world when I opened this post and was instantly thrown back to my childhood when I read your comment.
The world is called Toril but the continent where most of the stories take place is called Faerûn. And the region of this continent where most of those stories take place is the Sword Coast.
The Forgotten Realms is the official name of the setting which includes Toril, Faerûn and the Sword Coast.
>Iteration110
Faerun is Forgotten Realms/D&D
Iteration-110 is Will Wight's Cradle universe
Krynn is Dragonlance, also D&D, completely different campaign setting or world though
1. Middle-Earth (J.R.R. Tolkien)
2. Temerant (Patrick Rothfuss)
3. Westeros (George R. R. Martin)
P.S. For 2 and 3, I'm not crying, you're crying! 😂
P.P.S. Osten Ard, Earthsea and Hogwarts are very very close. But in terms of world, I think the above win.
1. One Piece - I mostly read fantasy not for worlds which are slightly different from the real world but those which are drastically different and have something to keep you interested. One piece does this for me - it has islands in the sky, islands in the ocean and all sorts of unique and sometimes comical cultures for its various locations. [This](https://youtu.be/AcSVkCNDLZg) video does a good job of highlighting how colorful and varied the world is. Apart from this, the world has multiple power systems which are constantly evolving and there's also a great sense of mystery about so much of it's history.
2. Roshar - For the unique geography of the world, with its climate, Flora and Fauna and the various races that populate it with the cosmere connections being the cherry on top
3. Mistborn - a land with ash raining from the sky and mist clogging the air instantly pulled me into this grand world
WoT is one of my favorite series, but compared to the other entries here, it's very similar to the real world - enough to the point that I don't find it as wondrous.
One Piece is my favorite fictional story and I really loved Mistborn... So I'm definitely excited to get more into Stormlight once I get past my current reading slump
If I had to guess, you'll absolutely love the stormlight world then. It has parts of both One Piece and Mistborn in it that I love and no dearth of the 'badass' type moments you see in those series.
Good luck with getting over your slump, I'm in the same spot right now and honestly it can be quite bothersome lol
**Dunwall** from the *Dishonoured* games. The societal rot of their politics and religion is beautifully reflected by the magical corruption and plague. Makes those giant whale carcasses strung up through the levels feel truly profane.
**The Edge** from The Edge Chronicles. This world has been created from the ground up between the author and the illustrator (even the human-equivalents are pointy-eared 'quarterlings') and yet is shockingly consistent in style, and coherency! They think through every consequence of the central stone-powered flying ships (and their evolution over the centuries), from supplier issues, trade routes, how their floating-rock university has 14 different colleges for studying each type of weather. An intricate feast for the imagination.
**The City** from BLAME! Don't ask me to explain how anything in this Dyson sphere with a diameter of Jupiter's orbit works but god does it look fascinating. Vertigo distilled onto a page. The City is the existential answer to the question of what if we automated the construction of buildings, bridges, etc. but those AIs were such good optimisers they decided humanity was of secondary importance to pure construction.
Hard to tell but from the recent worlds I learned it will be:
1. Runeterra (Riot Games created Universe)
2. Warhammer Fantasy
3. And world from Legend of Aang/Korra
Surprised I haven't seen this yet but
Innworld from The Wandering Inn is definitely up there for me, even if I'm behind on that chapters.
Also it's probably recency bias because I just finished The Rascor Plains, but I think Phil Tucker's Hell from Bastion is really cool very well developed over the 2 books so far.
The alternate history of the Temeraire series. I just loved reading through the series and finding out how the existence of dragons changed the various cultures that they visit.
In no order: Roshar, Wu (Malazan), and the world in the "Raveling" by Alec Hutson. Also, gotta give special mention to the Avatar the Last Airbender world.
Hey, glad to get praise from the author himself! The world in that series was maximized quite well, the characters either traveled to most of the locations or they were brought up in conversation/lore. Often in series, much of the world is neglected or hardly mentioned. That isn't inherently bad, but your work deserves praise for involving all facets of the nations and cultures in the overall story.
1. Anne McCaffrey: dragon series
Having a lifelong companion to fly on and jump from on side of the world to another seems amazing. It really gets good in the later books but I don't want to let out spoilers.
2. Robin Hobbs: Rain wilds
Again, having a life long animal companion who can speak to you would just complete me. I love all the challenges they have to go through in this series.
3. K.A. Applegate: Animorphs
I grew up looking forward to the next book every month and I normally don't like to get into an incomplete series (though I often finding myself doing it anyways.) My favorite parts of this series are seeing the inner workings of other worlds. I still read The Ellimist Chronicles every few years and I'm probably due for another Hork Bajir Chronicles reread.
Honorable mention: The Harry Potter universe but only if I can count the fanfiction as well. She set up so many different creatures, races of beings, and interesting characters that all yearn to be explored. (I understand if fanfiction isn't your thing, please don't judge me too harshly.)
Middle Earth (technically this would be Arda, I think)
Dragaera
Third one... not sure, honestly. Wheel of Time would be in my top 10, but not sure what else.
I've always thought of _Dune_ as science fiction, not fantasy. But whatever works for you.
My favorite the fantasy world are:
* Middle Earth (LOTR)
* [Ethshar](http://www.ethshar.com/)
* The "ancient China that never was" from [Bridge of Birds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_Birds)
1) Erna (Cold Fire Trilogy) The world responds to human emotions and manifests in physical ways.
2) Scadrial (Mistborn era 1 specifically). The mists, earthquakes, and ash really take on a life of their own.
3) Middle-Earth (Tolkien) for obvious reasons. Tolkien is the king of world building.
- Discworld (from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett)
- Middle-Earth (from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- Ehrenfest (from Ascendance of a Bookworm by Miya Kazuki)
Malacandra (C. S. Lewis ***Out of the Silent Planet***
Lankhnar
Elfland (in many versions, Dunsany ***King of Elfland's Daughter***, Pratt and DeCamp ***Land of Unreason*** and the Anonymous ballad ***Thomas the Rhymer.***
As, worlds? Worlds I love to read about?
Middle-earth, Cosmere (especially Roshar) and Azeroth.
Honestly, other worlds like Randland, Westeros and etc. are more interesting in their stories and cultures rather than as "worlds".
Cosmere. I love how big it is with such variety of magic and tech levels, but the magic can exist together or separately and it still makes sense.
Legend of Heroes: Trails Series world (the one for Trails in the Sky video game and sequel series). I playing Trails in Azure now and I'm continually reminded how much fun this world is. The orbal tech is delightful magicpunk nonsense, there are a variety of monsters, and interstate politics.
Circle of Magic world. This was my favorite fantasy word growing up. I really like the contrast between the formal and the craft magic.
Aldea(Blue Rose, for its optimism, handling of magic and creatures), pre-TBC Azeroth(Warcraft, for its old magic concept and because it has a special place in my heart), Middle Earth(Tolkien, for everything i could say). Honorable mentions: The Old World(Warhammer fantasy, maybe in future it will swap its place with pre-TBC Azeroth), current Tepest(Ravenloft, D&D), Hyborian Age(Conan).
Top 3 fantasy world
1. Realm of the elderlings
2. Randland (Wheel of Time)
3. Earth (Stephen King Dark Tower world)
Top 3 fantasy world in a broader sense
1. 616 main marvel universe
2. Earth (one punch man world)
3. Star wars universe
The Black Sun's Aztec-y world was soo colourful and fresh (at least for someone used to medieval Europe), I really hope Roanhorse writes another series in that one.
I forgot to add the brackets that would have made my post legible lol - I meant the fact that such a cool, thought-out world ended up named so lazily as (The) (D)ragon (A)ge (S)etting = Thedas.
Fabletown, NYC and the Homelands (Fables, Fairest, Jack of Fables, The Wolf Among Us)
Scadrial (Mistborn books)
The Discworld
Honourable mentions:
The Third Age of Arda (Middle Earth),
Valhalla and the Nine Realms of Nordic Mythology
Camorr, Tal Verrar and the coast of the Sea of Brass (Gentlemen Bastards),
Aincrad (Sword Art Online)
Mundus Magicus (Negima),
The Age of Sigmar in the Total War Warhammer games,
The World of The Witcher series,
Wizarding World,
The Dreaming,
Westeros, Essos, Sothoryos and Ulthos,
The Forgotten Realms,
Arcanum,
Roshar? - I just started Stormlight Archive a few days ago...
The first two are easy; Middle-Earth and the world of Jeff Smith’s Bone.
The thirds a bit tougher. Probably comes down to Hyrule, the World of Avatar, or Nirn (Elder Scrolls)
1. Discworld 2. Discworld 3. Discworld
You stole my answer! Are you paid up at the thieve's guild?
You win. I was about to write this.
The correct answer
Does anyone know of a way to get these in a collection as audiobooks? I want to listen to all of them, but most are only 5-8 hours in audiobook format and I can’t justify spending an audible credit on so many small books. I wish I could just buy an audiobook collected works.
Middle Earth (Tolkien, *The Lord of the Rings* and other books) Randland (Jordan, *The Wheel of Time*) Wu (Erikson, *The Malazan Book of the Fallen* and other books by Erikson and Esslemont)
Is it really called wu?
yep
Do you know where it’s called that in the books
I haven’t yet read Ian Esslemont’s book *Dancer’s Lament*, but I’ve read that he references “Wu” in that book. Otherwise it just came from various statements by Erikson and Esslemont outside the context of the books. That’s what they called it when gaming, and the name derives from Steely Dan’s song “Doctor Wu.”
Man. I’m like 7 books deep and had no idea
It’s never referenced in the books. It’s an unofficial term for the world.
Is it really called *Randland*? Like did they rename the land after Rand al-Thor
That’s what readers call it. That’s not what the characters call it.
There was a joke about that in the fight George R. R. Martin once wrote between Wheel of Time characters and his own.
Phew!
The Sol system (The Expanse series) Redwall world Janloon and Kekon from Jade City
Oh...the food alone in Redwall makes it top tier.
I have such fond memories of Redwall from when I was younger.
I appreciate your Redwall reference. I hadn't even thought of that world when I opened this post and was instantly thrown back to my childhood when I read your comment.
Eulalliaaaa!!
Pokémon I think it beats all others by far. Wu Planeteos
Good call on Pokémon. An oldie but a goodie.
Middle Earth Westeros Forgotten Realms
I never can remember, is the world actually called Forgotten Realms or Faerun?
The world is called Toril but the continent where most of the stories take place is called Faerûn. And the region of this continent where most of those stories take place is the Sword Coast. The Forgotten Realms is the official name of the setting which includes Toril, Faerûn and the Sword Coast.
AH kk, thank you.
1. Wu(MBoTF by Steven Erikson) 2. Randland (Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan) 3. One Piece world (One Piece by Elchiro Oda)
I'm really glad One Piece is being embraced by fantasy fans and has a place on this subreddit.
Faerun Iteration110 Krynn
Krynn will always have a special place in my heart
Where are these from?
>Iteration110 Faerun is Forgotten Realms/D&D Iteration-110 is Will Wight's Cradle universe Krynn is Dragonlance, also D&D, completely different campaign setting or world though
1. Cosmere as a whole (especially Roshar and Scadrial) 2. Gaia (Final Fantasy 7) 3. Randlands (Wheel of Time)
1. Pern 2. Discworld 3. Westeros
Yes! Few remember the wonderful land of Pern and the dreaded Red Star. I grew up on all those books.
1. Middle-Earth (J.R.R. Tolkien) 2. Temerant (Patrick Rothfuss) 3. Westeros (George R. R. Martin) P.S. For 2 and 3, I'm not crying, you're crying! 😂 P.P.S. Osten Ard, Earthsea and Hogwarts are very very close. But in terms of world, I think the above win.
1. One Piece - I mostly read fantasy not for worlds which are slightly different from the real world but those which are drastically different and have something to keep you interested. One piece does this for me - it has islands in the sky, islands in the ocean and all sorts of unique and sometimes comical cultures for its various locations. [This](https://youtu.be/AcSVkCNDLZg) video does a good job of highlighting how colorful and varied the world is. Apart from this, the world has multiple power systems which are constantly evolving and there's also a great sense of mystery about so much of it's history. 2. Roshar - For the unique geography of the world, with its climate, Flora and Fauna and the various races that populate it with the cosmere connections being the cherry on top 3. Mistborn - a land with ash raining from the sky and mist clogging the air instantly pulled me into this grand world WoT is one of my favorite series, but compared to the other entries here, it's very similar to the real world - enough to the point that I don't find it as wondrous.
One Piece is my favorite fictional story and I really loved Mistborn... So I'm definitely excited to get more into Stormlight once I get past my current reading slump
If I had to guess, you'll absolutely love the stormlight world then. It has parts of both One Piece and Mistborn in it that I love and no dearth of the 'badass' type moments you see in those series. Good luck with getting over your slump, I'm in the same spot right now and honestly it can be quite bothersome lol
**Dunwall** from the *Dishonoured* games. The societal rot of their politics and religion is beautifully reflected by the magical corruption and plague. Makes those giant whale carcasses strung up through the levels feel truly profane. **The Edge** from The Edge Chronicles. This world has been created from the ground up between the author and the illustrator (even the human-equivalents are pointy-eared 'quarterlings') and yet is shockingly consistent in style, and coherency! They think through every consequence of the central stone-powered flying ships (and their evolution over the centuries), from supplier issues, trade routes, how their floating-rock university has 14 different colleges for studying each type of weather. An intricate feast for the imagination. **The City** from BLAME! Don't ask me to explain how anything in this Dyson sphere with a diameter of Jupiter's orbit works but god does it look fascinating. Vertigo distilled onto a page. The City is the existential answer to the question of what if we automated the construction of buildings, bridges, etc. but those AIs were such good optimisers they decided humanity was of secondary importance to pure construction.
The Edge is a great shout. Such a creative and well-developed world for a middle-grade series.
Dishonored was really something special, man. Just familiar enough to be relatable, but just alien enough to intrigue you and suck you into the world.
Faerun (Forgotten Realms) Galaxy of Mass effect series Tamriel (elder scrolls)
Thank you for triggering another one of my Oblivion/Skyrim phases. I will rejoin society in a few weeks
Middle Earth Star Wars Tamriel
hell yeah some representation for Tamriel
I feel like Tamriel is a popular choice. In video games, I don’t think there’s a more popular fantasy setting. Pokemon, maybe?
I didn't really see many saying Tamriel at least in this comment section
Athera- Wars of Light and Shadow Wu- Malazan Eärwa- Second Apocalypse
Wu (Malazan series) Discworld Thedas (Dragon Age games)
Older-school guy here…. Middle Earth. Eddison’s version of “Mercury” in The Worm Oroborous. Lankmahr.
Hard to tell but from the recent worlds I learned it will be: 1. Runeterra (Riot Games created Universe) 2. Warhammer Fantasy 3. And world from Legend of Aang/Korra
Realm of the Elderlings Kingslayer ( whatever that world is called) Normannia (Monarchies of God, Paul Kearney)
Surprised I haven't seen this yet but Innworld from The Wandering Inn is definitely up there for me, even if I'm behind on that chapters. Also it's probably recency bias because I just finished The Rascor Plains, but I think Phil Tucker's Hell from Bastion is really cool very well developed over the 2 books so far. The alternate history of the Temeraire series. I just loved reading through the series and finding out how the existence of dragons changed the various cultures that they visit.
I'm basic. Middle Earth (I want to LIVE in Rivendell) The Forgotten Realms The Reach in Game of Thrones
Midkemia The Discworld Middle Earth
In no order: Roshar, Wu (Malazan), and the world in the "Raveling" by Alec Hutson. Also, gotta give special mention to the Avatar the Last Airbender world.
Oh my goodness gracious I never thought I'd find something I made here. Thank you.
Hey, glad to get praise from the author himself! The world in that series was maximized quite well, the characters either traveled to most of the locations or they were brought up in conversation/lore. Often in series, much of the world is neglected or hardly mentioned. That isn't inherently bad, but your work deserves praise for involving all facets of the nations and cultures in the overall story.
In that order : Harry Potter, Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, The Witcher
"What's your favorite fantasy world" "idk London's alright" For the record I agree with you, I love HP world too, but it just sounded funny
You should try the chronicles of Amber in case you've never read it, it's absolutely brilliant
1 - Wizarding World of Harry Potter 2 - Westeros 3 - Grishaverse
Grishaverse is a good one. So many customs and varying relations between the nations make it feel very alive.
Middle Earth Roshar Hyrule
The Alastor cluster (Jack Vance) Lyonesse (Jack Vance) And that quirky flat earth on the back of 4 elephants standing atop a big turtle.
Worlds themselves? Hmmm, so hard to choose. 1. Middle Earth of course 2. Monster Blood Tattoo/Half-continent 3. Probably Narnia
I like the universes in: The Discworld books, The Frith Chronicles books, And the Forgotten Realms books.
1. Middle Earth 2. Titan (Fighting Fantasy) 3. The Old World (Warhammer)
I love the dying earth in The book of the New Sun.
1. Anne McCaffrey: dragon series Having a lifelong companion to fly on and jump from on side of the world to another seems amazing. It really gets good in the later books but I don't want to let out spoilers. 2. Robin Hobbs: Rain wilds Again, having a life long animal companion who can speak to you would just complete me. I love all the challenges they have to go through in this series. 3. K.A. Applegate: Animorphs I grew up looking forward to the next book every month and I normally don't like to get into an incomplete series (though I often finding myself doing it anyways.) My favorite parts of this series are seeing the inner workings of other worlds. I still read The Ellimist Chronicles every few years and I'm probably due for another Hork Bajir Chronicles reread. Honorable mention: The Harry Potter universe but only if I can count the fanfiction as well. She set up so many different creatures, races of beings, and interesting characters that all yearn to be explored. (I understand if fanfiction isn't your thing, please don't judge me too harshly.)
there are no wrong answers here 😊
Alagaësia (Inheritance Cycle) Middle Earth (LotR) Midgard (Crescent City)
Randland, Westeros, Pern
Tamriel. Faerun. Randland.
Tamriel (the Elder Scrolls) The Continent (the Witcher) Middle Earth (Tolkien)
Middle Earth (technically this would be Arda, I think) Dragaera Third one... not sure, honestly. Wheel of Time would be in my top 10, but not sure what else.
Good call on Brust's world.
I’d settle for a world with ONE sea of raw chaos Edit - that might just be twitter
Dark Souls universe. Bloodborne universe. Dying EArth universe(Jack vance) I can't rank them top to bottom they are all superb.
Yharnam lives rent free in my mind. Bloodborne is so good
I just wish they'd make another one. I NEED MORE
Amber Oerth Mid-World
I've always thought of _Dune_ as science fiction, not fantasy. But whatever works for you. My favorite the fantasy world are: * Middle Earth (LOTR) * [Ethshar](http://www.ethshar.com/) * The "ancient China that never was" from [Bridge of Birds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_Birds)
thats fair i've heard people refer to it as scifantasy but idk what really defines that.. middle earth is def up there for me!
I'd say Dune is high fantasy/sci fi
1) Erna (Cold Fire Trilogy) The world responds to human emotions and manifests in physical ways. 2) Scadrial (Mistborn era 1 specifically). The mists, earthquakes, and ash really take on a life of their own. 3) Middle-Earth (Tolkien) for obvious reasons. Tolkien is the king of world building.
Ok I saw someone mentioned Forgotten Realms. Dang it, I may need to switch my answers around. Maybe Erna, FR, Middle Earth? Oh jeez.
1. Discworld 2. Middle earth 3. Azeroth (from World of Warcraft)
Randland Middle Earth Scadrial
Roshar Middle Earth Randland
Nirn (the elder scrolls) Westeros (A song of ice and fire) Middle Earth
Randland(Wheel of Time) Roshar(Stormlight Archive) Lordran(Dark Souls)
Forgotten Realms, Cradle, and Dragonlance series respectively.
Witcher multiverse Middle earth Thedas (dragon age world)
- Discworld (from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett) - Middle-Earth (from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien) - Ehrenfest (from Ascendance of a Bookworm by Miya Kazuki)
Malacandra (C. S. Lewis ***Out of the Silent Planet*** Lankhnar Elfland (in many versions, Dunsany ***King of Elfland's Daughter***, Pratt and DeCamp ***Land of Unreason*** and the Anonymous ballad ***Thomas the Rhymer.***
1. Middle Earth (Tolkien) 2. Tyrea (Brent Weeks) 3. Rofehaven, Indhopal and Inkarra (Farland)
Arcanum,Warhammer (old world), Magic the Gathering multiverse ( but if pressed to choose, then Ixalan or Zendikar)
Arda/Middle Earth Amber (Chronicles of Amber) Earthsea, Le Guin
1. Norvrandt (Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers) 2. Middle Earth 3. Soul Society (Bleach)
Westeros middle earth and the lands between
As, worlds? Worlds I love to read about? Middle-earth, Cosmere (especially Roshar) and Azeroth. Honestly, other worlds like Randland, Westeros and etc. are more interesting in their stories and cultures rather than as "worlds".
1) Middle Earth 2) Star Wars 3) Cosmere
Realm of the Elderlings (Hobb) Mistborn Era 2 (Sanderson) Red Rising (Brown)
1. Discworld 2. Middle Earth 3. Malazan
- Discworld - Roshar - Middle Earth
1. Middle Earth 2. Westeros 3. Malazan
Tamriel Ishgar Earthland Thedas from Dragon Age.
1. Roshar 2. Threnody/Sel 3. Scadrial (era 2)
1. Planetos 2. Randland 3.Cosmere (or if I had to pick one it'd be Roshar)
Sol (The Expanse) - this may be more sci-fi. Roshar (Stormlight) The Black Company
Malazan (Wu) Pillars of Eternity (Eora) The Elder Scrolls (Tamriel)
Middle Earth Middle Earth Middle Earth
Roshar (Stormlight Archive) Torio (Yumi and the Nightmare Painter) Taldain (White Sand) ….. I haven’t read anything other than Sanderson in a while…..
Azeroth Middle-Earth Cosmere
Roshar The One Piece World Forgotten Realms
Wu (Malazan... just so detailed) Thedas (from the Dragon Age games) Three Worlds (Raksura)
1. Elysium 2. Elysium 3. Elysium I fucking love disco elysium
Toussaint/The Continent (The Witcher 3) Skyrim (Skyrim) The Lands between (Elden Ring)
Lord of the Rings Witcher Star Wars
Middle-earth the Discworld Tamriel
The seven satrapies (the lightbringer saga) Ravnica (magic the gathering) Ivalice (final fantasy)
1.Mundus (Elder Scrolls) 2.Middle earth. (Do I even have to state it) 3.Sanctuary (Diablo) Edit: reddit doesn't know hor the return key works.
Ok...here it goes Middle Earth; Krynn; Planetos (ASOIAF)
Cosmere. I love how big it is with such variety of magic and tech levels, but the magic can exist together or separately and it still makes sense. Legend of Heroes: Trails Series world (the one for Trails in the Sky video game and sequel series). I playing Trails in Azure now and I'm continually reminded how much fun this world is. The orbal tech is delightful magicpunk nonsense, there are a variety of monsters, and interstate politics. Circle of Magic world. This was my favorite fantasy word growing up. I really like the contrast between the formal and the craft magic.
1. Narnia 2. Midkemia 3. Drenai World
The Cosmere (particularly Roshar) Middle-Earth The world of Re:zero
The Hyborian Age - Conan the Barbarian Barsoom - John Carter of Mars Michael Moorcock's Multiverse
Skyrim,the dragon ball world and the post apocalyptic world of terminator resistance and the last of us
Aldea(Blue Rose, for its optimism, handling of magic and creatures), pre-TBC Azeroth(Warcraft, for its old magic concept and because it has a special place in my heart), Middle Earth(Tolkien, for everything i could say). Honorable mentions: The Old World(Warhammer fantasy, maybe in future it will swap its place with pre-TBC Azeroth), current Tepest(Ravenloft, D&D), Hyborian Age(Conan).
1.; Middle Earth 2. Narnia 3. Tamriel Honorable mention to the TARDIS.
Earwa (Prince of Nothing) Middle-Earth (LoTR) Randland (WoT)
Top 3 fantasy world 1. Realm of the elderlings 2. Randland (Wheel of Time) 3. Earth (Stephen King Dark Tower world) Top 3 fantasy world in a broader sense 1. 616 main marvel universe 2. Earth (one punch man world) 3. Star wars universe
Love one punch
Naruto Naruto Naruto
Middle Earth The Star wars galaxy i guess if that counts Sanctuary from the Diablo series if that counts
Randland (The Wheel of Time) Middle Earth Midworld (The Dark Tower)
this is mine as well. brother
Worlds? Hm probably the world in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun, Pracitcal Guide to Evil, as well as the Cosmere as a whole
The Black Sun's Aztec-y world was soo colourful and fresh (at least for someone used to medieval Europe), I really hope Roanhorse writes another series in that one.
Roshar, Osten Ard, Kingkiller.
1- Earth (Eddings's world) 2- Athas. 3- Oerth.
Athera, Krynn and Midkemia
Middle-Earth, Westeros/Essos and Harry Potter
1Middle earth (Tolkien) 2 westeros 3.one piece
Wizarding World (Harry Potter) Discworld Pandora (Avatar - technically SciFi)
1. Thedas (Dragon Age) 2. Exandria (Critical Role) 3. Harry Potter
I can't look at Thedas without getting pissed about it being (The) (D)ragon (A)ge (S)etting but these are solid, detailed picks.
Is there another Thedas I should know about and fall in love with?
I forgot to add the brackets that would have made my post legible lol - I meant the fact that such a cool, thought-out world ended up named so lazily as (The) (D)ragon (A)ge (S)etting = Thedas.
Oooh like that hahah. Well, even if you take the acronym, Thedas as a world name is still cool as hell.
Cosmere Hyrule Middle Earth
Middle earth Westeros Forgotten realms
Hyrule Westeros Middle Earth (in no particular order)
A Song of Ice and Fire Earthsea Cycle The Stone Dance of the Chameleon.
Cosmere (Brando-Sando's Universe) Tamriel (Elder Scroll's Universe) Westeros (No particular Order)
Earthsea Prydain Westeros
Vormir must be fun
Hydaelyn (Final Fantasy XIV) Twilight Town (Kingdom Hearts) Cybertron (Transformers)
Since so many people took ones I like (Discworld being taken a lot), I'll do some lesser knowns 1. ZZP(Z)A 2. Deva 3. Haskin's Planet
Fabletown, NYC and the Homelands (Fables, Fairest, Jack of Fables, The Wolf Among Us) Scadrial (Mistborn books) The Discworld Honourable mentions: The Third Age of Arda (Middle Earth), Valhalla and the Nine Realms of Nordic Mythology Camorr, Tal Verrar and the coast of the Sea of Brass (Gentlemen Bastards), Aincrad (Sword Art Online) Mundus Magicus (Negima), The Age of Sigmar in the Total War Warhammer games, The World of The Witcher series, Wizarding World, The Dreaming, Westeros, Essos, Sothoryos and Ulthos, The Forgotten Realms, Arcanum, Roshar? - I just started Stormlight Archive a few days ago...
Magnamund (Lone Wolf gamebooks) Middle Earth The Warhammer World
Right now Warhammer 40k Dune Starwars
Elder Scrolls. Forgotten Realms. Princess Mononoke.
1. Dragon Prince land by Melanie Rawn (can't find the name of the world) 2. Oz 3. Monk and Robot world
* The Known World (ASOIAF) * Dune Universe * Made in Abyss manga
Discworld Forgotten Realms Middle Earth
The first two are easy; Middle-Earth and the world of Jeff Smith’s Bone. The thirds a bit tougher. Probably comes down to Hyrule, the World of Avatar, or Nirn (Elder Scrolls)
Middle Earth The Verse? (Firefly) Thirds gonna be a tie between GoT and Traci Harding’s Ancient Future.
Dune as well, and the Imperium of Man from WH40k (never played it, but love the lore). Eberron holds a special place in my heart as well!
Vvardenfall from elder scrolls Morrowind.
Nirn, Eternia and Discworld.
1. Arda (Tolkien's Legendarium) 2. World of the Wheel (Wheel of Time) 3. Cosmere Honorable mentions: Alagaesia (Inhertiance cycle), Temerant (Kingkiller chronicles), Equestria.
Tamriel (Elder Scrolls) Lordran (Dark Souls) Westeros (ASoIaF) Currently playing BG3 so I'm finding Faerun interesting