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Tag Archives: Fantasy
From the Books: THE RETURN OF THE KING
It’s JRR Tolkien’s birthday! Tolkien is, naturally, one of my favorite of all authors. He wasn’t my first foray into epic fantasy–that would be Lloyd Alexander–but Tolkien cemented my love of that genre for keeps. He is, for me, as … Continue reading
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“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
I didn’t know this until I saw it online today, but The Hobbit was first published 80 years ago today. At no point have I not loved this story (except for the handful of years I was unaware of it), … Continue reading
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On Fantasy and Film
George RR Martin lists his Top Ten Fantasy movies. Of course I have thoughts! First off, a stipulation: lists like this are mainly meant to inspire discussion and debate and, being that this is the Internet, rock-throwing and name-calling and … Continue reading
Something for Thursday (Twenty Years of HARRY POTTER edition)
The other day marked the twentieth anniversary of the initial publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (or Philosopher’s Stone, if you live in Britain–and I guess I should link that first since that’s where the book came first). … Continue reading
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Some random thoughts on “Once Upon a Time”
I like this show a lot. We watch it every week. But it’s a really maddening show, because there are times it’s so wonderfully written (thank God they’ve got Jane Espenson on the staff), and other when it is so…not … Continue reading
In a hole in the ground, there lived….
I have to admit to feeling somewhat nervous about the prospects for the movie version of The Hobbit over the last few years. It’s a much more ‘filmable’ story than The Lord of the Rings, much more straight-forward in its … Continue reading
River of Stars
That’s the title of Guy Gavriel Kay’s next novel: River of Stars. As I noted before, it is set in the same fictional China as his last book, the amazing Under Heaven, albeit several hundred years later, so it’s not … Continue reading
“Words are wind.” (or, Please take your time, George. As much as you need.)
Oh my good Lord. I tried, folks. I really tried. I’ve wanted so much to love A Song of Ice and Fire as much as everybody else does. And after the fairly soul-crushing experience that was slogging my way through … Continue reading
A to Z: Zany!
Hey, I made it! It’s the end of the A-to-Z Challenge. Let’s look at some Zaniness, shall we? According to this site, the word ‘zany’ was first used in English by none other than William Shakespeare, although its origins are … Continue reading
A to Z: YAHHHHH!
YAHHHH? What on Earth is that? Well, it’s a rough transliteration of the final death shriek of Red Leader at the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He’s just led an unsuccessful attack run on … Continue reading