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Tag Archives: Fantasy
A to Z: XYZZY
Wow, we’re almost done with this whole thing. Pretty cool! It’s been fun thus far, and I look forward to next year’s edition. I’ve only missed one prescribed day thus far, which was yesterday, but as the Challenge does not … Continue reading
A to Z: Universes
Way back when, movies and teevee shows and books and whatnot used to be pretty much self-contained items. But nowadays, in a lot of cases, as specific movies and teevee shows and books and comics branch out into multiple sequels … Continue reading
“Who are you?” “No one.” “A lie.”
God, what a slog. I was really hoping that my original impression of this novel, way back when, wouldn’t hold true this time around. When I first read Feast, it had been a few years since I’d read A Storm … Continue reading
A to Z: North!
Direction is always important…and in a lot of fantasy, specific directions carry with them specific connotations. Such as North. North is often portrayed as cold and desolate and lonely. Just about every fantasy that I know is set in the … Continue reading
A to Z: Lancelot
One thing I noticed in all my years of reading Arthurian fiction was that Lancelot is an awfully hard character to pull off. Lancelot, for those not ‘in the know’, is the magnificent knight from France who comes to Camelot … Continue reading
A to Z: Incunabulum
Books abound in fantasy and science fiction. The book is a central plot device or Maguffin or important element in so many stories that to catalog them all would be an exercise in utter futility. But let’s explore some anyway, … Continue reading
A to Z: Horses
If there’s an animal more suited to heroism and derring-do than the horse, I don’t know what it is. Horses abound in fantasy and in science fiction. If you want a big heroic moment, you can do it without having … Continue reading
A to Z: Florin
Stories have to take place somewhere, don’t they? In the best of tales, the someplace is almost as important as what goes on there. Heck, there are times like The Lord of the Rings when the setting is, or seems, … Continue reading
A to Z: Elphaba
There’s a certain subgenre in which existing, famous stories are retold from the inside-out. I’m not sure what this genre might be called, but when it’s done well, it can be a lot of fun. There’s a great example in … Continue reading
Stop that, George.
OK. I’m about a quarter of the way through A Feast for Crows on the re-read, and of course, I’ll have more to say about it when I’m done. But I’ve just read the chapter featuring Asha Greyjoy, and got … Continue reading