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Tag Archives: Fantasy
Stick a fork in it?
I linked it in yesterday’s Sentential Links, but I wanted to flesh out my response to George RR Martin’s irritation at people who are irritated with him that A Dance with Dragons, the fifth book in his Song of Ice … Continue reading
Fantasy movies: A list!!!
Over at World in the Satin Bag, S.M. Duke gives a list of his top ten fantasy movies. As always, I shall reproduce said list, with comment. Huzzah! (Cue the chirping of crickets…anyway….) Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson) Absolutely. … Continue reading
Kushiel
Kushiel’s Dart is the first “fat fantasy” I’ve read in a long time; and I enjoyed it so much, I may find myself shying away from the genre for a while for fear of disappointment in whatever Fat Fantasy book … Continue reading
Is short fiction dead yet?
Realms of Fantasy, one of my favorite magazines and one to which I’d eternally hoped to one day sell my work, is shutting down. There are fewer and fewer markets out there for short fiction. I’m frankly starting to think, … Continue reading
Frak! Frak frak frakkity frakking frak.
One of my most beloved literary traditions, the annual Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror volume, will not be published this year. Those books are worth their price just for the introductory essays alone; they are chock full of reading recommendations … Continue reading
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Punnery! Got yet punnery here!
Via James Nicoll I found a joke on a Usenet group that, well, surely indicates something about my character in that I (a) got the joke and (b) found it funny. The joke? So a recent Advance Reader Copy from … Continue reading
White Shores
Just in case anybody’s wondering, this is my current wallpaper on the laptop: I dearly love Ted Nasmith’s work; I’ve even used it as the art on several hand-made greeting cards.
A bit o’ geek stuff
A few links of geek and pop culture import, starting with some items that caught my eye at AICN: :: A movie version of Philip Reeve’s novel Larklight is in the works. Hopefully this project goes well, because the book … Continue reading
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Bring on the Gelatinous Cubes!
As just about everybody with a blog already knows, Gary Gygax, one of the inventors of Dungeons and Dragons, died last week. I’ve been too busy to post about it until now, and I also didn’t want to make the … Continue reading
Drink up me hearties!
So in the last month we’ve finally caught up on our Johnny Depp swashbuckler viewing by watching the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End. Prevailing opinion of these movies, so far … Continue reading