Can you name the author who created each of the following fantasy settings?

created by livfred

Enter an author (last names acceptable) in the box below
Correctly named authors will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
The quiz mostly selected for authors who created complete worlds or new lands, and not pockets of fantasy located in our own world.
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Fantasy World or Kingdom	Author	Title or Series
Middle-earth		The Lord of the Rings
Xanth		A Spell for Chameleon
Discworld		The Colour of Magic
Arrakis		Dune
Earthsea		A Wizard of Earthsea
Terabithia		Bridge to Terabithia
Alagaësia		Eragon
Tencendor		Wayfarer Redemption
Westeros		A Song of Ice and Fire

Fantasy World or Kingdom	Author	Title or Series
Narnia		The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Oz		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Pern		Dragonriders of Pern
Midkemia		The Riftwar Saga
Gormenghast		Titus Groan
Krynn		The Dragonlance Chronicles
Redwall		Redwall
Oerth		Dungeons & Dragons / World of Greyhawk
Shannara		The Sword of Shannara
Pellucidar	The Sword of Shannara
Jordan College	The Sword of Shannara
Hogwarts	The Sword of Shannara
Randland	The Sword of Shannara
Is the Belgariad world named?	The Sword of Shannara

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Fantasy Authors by Setting Quiz

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Created Jun 8, 2010 in Literature
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	RyanUR:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 16:13 GMT		3 points
	Wouldn't it make more sense to have to answer for specific settings? One could guess authors and get lucky.

	Antithesys:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 16:15 GMT		19 points
	Prydain never gets any love :(

	bugsnnuts:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 16:30 GMT		11 points
	Very pumped to see Redwall make the list I loved those books growing up. May have to go pull one off the shelf here soon..

	shannon8085:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 16:47 GMT		9 points
	JK Rowling is a bonus answer :)

	tigerschick:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 16:56 GMT		3 points
	While I did spectacularly badly on this quiz, I'm really surprised by the drop in the number people who got Discworld right compared with the others near it. At the minute it's barely half as well known (according to this quiz) as Oz which is in 3rd place. Are the Discworld books not as popular in the States? There is a buge following here in the UK.

	The_Snakes:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 17:11 GMT		4 points
	Dragonlance authors shockingly low!

	y2jdilemma:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 17:16 GMT		4 points
	tigerschick- I can only obviously speak for myself, and Im not a big fantasy reader, but Ive never heard of Discworld, the Author, or the Title/Series. Take it for what its worth.

	Nihuvo:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 17:54 GMT		7 points
	Glad to see Randland as a bonus answer.

	lizlizliz:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 18:37 GMT		5 points
	Why not just add the bonuses to the actual quiz?

	livfred:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 18:52 GMT		7 points
	@lizlizliz: The bonuses aren't on the quiz because they aren't new worlds created by the author (see game note above). For example, "Randland" is a term that was invented by readers, not the author himself, and Hogwarts is a school in this world, not a separate world. However, they are included as bonuses because it was reasonable to expect that people would be trying for them.

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	JBZ:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 19:18 GMT		0 points
	Glad to see George R.R. Martin - Probably the best series on the list...

	TL333s:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 19:26 GMT		9 points
	My childhood reading list is vindicated.

	MovieDynamic:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 19:32 GMT		7 points
	J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, C.S. Lewis... what is going on here?! Abbreviation overload!

	kebertxela:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 19:49 GMT		2 points
	tigerschick - I love the Discworld books, but they're definitely not as widely known here in the US as they are in the UK. But they should be! livfred - I don't think the world of the Belgariad (or the Elenium) has a specific name, but now I'm curious--off to the bookshelf!

	caramba:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 20:06 GMT		4 points
	Really expected to see Aquilonia. Crom!!

	doxiepaine:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 20:06 GMT		4 points
	This quiz has finally convinced me to read "Lord of the Rigns," since they're on a lot of quizzes (I'm not complaining about this.). Thanks, awesome quiz.

	Rathmaskal:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 21:21 GMT		1 point
	Is the 'Kingdom' really Shannara in that series? Thought it was like 'the Four Lands' or something...

	cappy:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 21:30 GMT		13 points
	I bet if GRRM took this quiz, he'd wait until 20 minutes past the five minute timer to answer for Westeros.

	Lil2:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 21:39 GMT		12 points
	@Bulletchewer: it may come as a shock to you, but some readers have a taste for variety and can appreciate fantasy and young adult novels as well as high literature and classics.

	tulliuscicero:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 21:47 GMT		3 points
	Got the ones I've read...sigh.

	Ikkikim:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 22:34 GMT		10 points
	For those of you who've never heard of Discworld, you're missing out on one of the all-time greatest fantasy series. The series is somewhat less popular in the US than over in the UK, but it still has a pretty strong following. Give it a try, and you most likely won't regret it. Anyway, great quiz! 5/5

	bendan:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 22:48 GMT		0 points
	needs more Midlands

	Cubby:	Aug 6th, 2010 at 00:38 GMT		6 points
	I agree that Discworld needs to be better known in the States. It's one of the funniest series I've ever read. Pratchett could have been the seventh Python. The footnotes alone are worth the price of admission. Nice quiz. I enjoyed it a lot.

	evil_fruit_girl:	Aug 6th, 2010 at 09:34 GMT		1 point
	I am flat out angry at myself for missing Ursula K Le Guin and Anne McCaffrey. As much fantasy as I have read, this is unforgivable. Kind of surprised to not see Andre Norton anywhere.

	Phil_Rose:	Aug 6th, 2010 at 10:38 GMT		1 point
	No love for Stephen King and Mid-World?

	Emmie3303:	Aug 6th, 2010 at 11:47 GMT		2 points
	Discworld is brilliant! I know loads of people have already said it but it can never be recommended too many times. I've never laughed so much at a book before =]. Cool quiz =D. Glad to see Redwall on there, they're fantastic books =].

	channel8news:	Aug 6th, 2010 at 20:47 GMT		1 point
	I don't really like the books, but it would have fit the theme of the bonus answers to put Goodkind on the list.

	graymouser:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 00:41 GMT		2 points
	I halfway wanted to see "Rand-land" for Wheel of Time. But I'm disappointed that there was NO love for classic American fantasy. Hyboria, Nehwon, Melnibone?

	livfred:	Aug 8th, 2010 at 04:03 GMT		1 point
	@graymouser: Randland is a bonus.

	k3lit0:	Aug 8th, 2010 at 06:06 GMT		2 points
	Gah, I knew Weis wrote dragonlance but not the name of the world. :) I feel like my nerd cred just got stepped on.

	FIFAfan:	Aug 18th, 2010 at 17:59 GMT		3 points
	I knew Krynn, blanked on the authors... Same thing with Oz and Terabithia, Vote up if you want Prydain in the sequel!

	shelb014:	Aug 20th, 2010 at 04:09 GMT		1 point
	@rathmaskal -- Exactly right! The books took place in the Four Lands (god that brings back memories), Shannara was the name of the man for whom the Sword of Shannara was forged.

	livfred:	Aug 21st, 2010 at 02:25 GMT		1 point
	^Oops. Sorry about Shannara; I haven't actually read that series (many of the others I have!). I thought I had confirmed that it was the name of the land, but apparently I stand corrected.

	Valkyriestar:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 04:07 GMT		1 point
	Thanks for David Eddings extra! (I couldn't remember who wrote the Shannara books)