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Category Archives: Fantasy
Plot and Pathos, and Ever the Twain Shall Meet
This blog post is written off the back of the Day of the Doctor, so first thing’s first, a warning to all of you… The 50th anniversary episode was, in its way, a good one. There were so many nods to … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy
Tagged Doctor Who, media analysis, Once Upon a Time, thoughts
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What Does Your World Do For a Living?
There’s quite a lot of fuss in fantasy fandoms about “high” and “low” fantasy, with a great deal of time and trouble going into working out exactly what high fantasy or low fantasy is, and their various characteristics. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Mists of Albion
Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, Belgariad, fantasy, High fantasy, Mists of Albion, thoughts, worldbuilding
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Fantasy is Badly in Need of the Renaissance
Apologies for the lapse in posting recently, life and appendicitis have been getting in the way of things. Think about Mediæval Europe for a second. What sort of pictures do you get? Is it one full of unrelenting peasant drudgery, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Uncategorized
Tagged fantasy, history, Medieval, Middle Ages, Renaissance, thoughts
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The Rape of James Bond: Read it!
Not sure that I have much to add with this post, particularly as the one I posted yesterday took about a week to formulate in my head, but I read this post about rape in fantasy today, and it’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy
Tagged George R. R. Martin, James Bond, rape culture, reblogged, thoughts
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Death to the Common Tongue: Telling stories with language in fantasy fiction
Most of the fantasy genre these days use constructed languages, to an extent. This may be as brief as the names of people and places (sometimes not even that), or as fully-fledged as a language with grammar and vocabulary. But … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Mists of Albion
Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, Constructed language, fantasy, history, language, Middle-earth, Mists of Albion, thoughts
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Method in the Mythos 
George RR Martin obviously plays Dwarf Fortress
After spending the last entry gushing about expanding Vampire: the Masquerade‘s various archetypes,this time I’m going to be talking about narrative. Specifically the consequences of its lack and the impact that lack has on those who interact with it. Take … Continue reading →