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Mythical creatures that arehuman from thewaist up andfish from the waist down.
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Examples
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The merfolk of the Harbor comb candy wrappers from their hair, but keep the beer bottles for elaborate art installations, fashion jewelry from pull-tabs
Thor's Day shemhazai 2009
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But it turned out to be an unexpected joy right from the first page: richly and sensually written, it mines deep seams of imagination and characterisation in its portrayal of an alternate world in which land-dwelling humans share medieval Europe with merfolk-like 'deepsmen'.
MIND MELD: What Was the Last SF/F Book That Surprised You? 2009
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Tori Truslow's scholarly "Tomorrow Is Saint Valentine's Day" tells the story of the Great Ice Train and its encounter with the merfolk on the Moon.
Clockwork Jungle 3 gets a starred Publisher's Weekly review! shweta_narayan 2010
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Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.
Chronicles Of Narnia 3 TRAILER: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (VIDEO) 2010
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Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.
Chronicles Of Narnia 3 TRAILER: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (VIDEO) 2010
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The Stepsister Scheme surely suffers sassy subordinates supposing superiority, while The Mermaid's Madness mostly manages moist maladies merfolk manifest.
8 Books in 8 Weeks: Week Six jimhines 2010
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I'd recommend something like Kit Whitfield's In Great Waters, which is an alternate history with un-romanticised, animalistic merfolk; or Rana Dasgupta's Tokyo Cancelled, a fabulistic story-suite more in the Carroll tradition; or Ian R MacLeod's The Light Ages, another alternate history, in which a magical substance is discovered that powers the industrial revolution.
Recommend a fantasy novel to someone who doesn't like fantasy. 2009
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Other shows have featured such mystery beasts as well, including the classic X-Files (there were those non-mythology shows with Jersey Devil, lake monsters and so forth), Special Unit 2 that featured at lest one episode with merfolk, even the original and remade Night Stalk shows.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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On this bewitching voyage that will test their hearts and spirits, the trio will face magical Dufflepuds, sinister slave traders, roaring dragons and enchanted merfolk.
First Photos: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | /Film 2009
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Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.
First Look At The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the DawnTreader Production Stills 2009
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