Topic summary
Recursive fantasy
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Recursive science fiction.
Analysis
In the book Resnick at Large, authors Mike Resnick and Robert J. Sawyer describe recursive science fiction as "science fiction about science fiction". In the work, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders, Gary Westfahl comments, "Recursive fantasy fiction – that is, a fantasy about writing fantasy – is scarce"; one potential example of recursive fantasy, however, would be Patrick Rothfuss' The Kingkiller Chronicle.