“This book was one of my earliest introductions to fantasy and thus to the limits (or lack...
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Will linked us to this piece by James Bowman earlier. Bowman writes: I mention this difference between...
Via Alan Jacobs, here’s an interesting critique of modern fantasy writing from The New Atlantis:
Tyler Cowen and Peter Suderman have both compiled (non-definitive) lists of books which have influenced them the...
Via First Thoughts, here’s a great essay on Jewish faith and fantasy writing. One of the authors...
Fantasy is a genre dominated by sword-and-sorcery epics, mysterious dragons, and tyrannical sorcerers. Â Few fantasy novels have...
Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is an excellent read, and its sequels – Son of a Witch & A...
“Every time you hear some version of the imperative “Believe!” cringe and fear for the future. It...
How did I never hear of this book before? R. Scott Bakker’s first novel and the first...
I’m not done with this book yet, though I’m close. Initial thoughts:
I stumbled across this short essay from February by Richard Morgan whose book, The Steel Remains, I...
I think most of the books I’ve read and loved were written by conservatives or libertarians –...
My initial reaction to E.D.’s latest post was something along the lines of “oh dear, I’m not...
So in the comments to this post, I received a lot of reading suggestions for good fantasy. ...
The other day I was sitting around drinking beers with a friend and talking about magic. Specifically,...
Well, it looks like HBO will begin shooting the pilot episode for George R. R. Martin’s A...
“I may as well admit that I have been more influenced (as a person) by my childhood...
