Not only was Mosley miffed to be part of a sex sting story, he said News of the World mischaracterized his sex fantasy.

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Following the lead of fantasy-obsessed Quentin Coldwater, the young magicians wrestle with sex, drugs, and disillusionment before stumbling into Fillory, a fantasy world that they believed only existed in books.

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Sex and the City was a glittery, overblown fantasy where a writer could own a closet full of Manolos and wind up marrying a millionaire.

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Destination on Location Travel offers "set-jetting" weekends in New York, where groups of up to twelve women are shuttled around town and given the fantasy that they're one of the four Sex characters.

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Of course, defenders of the series insist its entire basis is as a modern fantasy - and suspension of disbelief is required during the sex scenes just as much as it is for the fights, car chases, gadgets and super-villains.

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