I thought about including His Dark Materials in my initial list as a mixed case but then I wasn’t sure whether to classify multiverse sci-fi fantasy with portal sci-fi fantasy. Same with Schwab’s Shades of Magic series, or Cogman’s Invisible Library series. Are they all portal fantasies? I’m not sure, but it’s interesting to think about.

I was hoping there already was an academic paper and that this sub would point me to it 😭 If I had pursued that master’s in English lit I might have written it but maybe someone else will pick up that torch