Adventurer fantasy: The struggle between good and evil isn't the important thing, it is the adventurs themselves that are interesting.
Novels by Henry Rider Haggard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert Howard , Fritz Leiber, Jane Gaskell, Tanith Lee might fall into this category.
Humourous fantasy:
Can come in many different shapes, for example absurd situations or parodies.
Authors that can be placed in this category are Edith Nesbit (stories for children), Thorne Smith (slapstick), L Sprague de Camp (satirc adventures), Terry Pratchett (parody), Robert Asprin, Robert Rankin, Tom Holt.
Read more about humourous fantasy in my article about funny sf/fantasy.
Horror/Dark Fantasy:
Authors that fall in to this category are William Hope Hodgson, Mervyn Peake, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury.
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