Tag Archives: history

Fantasy is Badly in Need of the Renaissance

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Aramithius

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 →

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Death to the Common Tongue: Telling stories with language in fantasy fiction

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Aramithius

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 →

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What Ancient China can tell us about Power and Society

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Aramithius

I’ve been recently reading a lovely book about Chinese history alongside my Song of Ice and Fire binge lately, and the two have dovetailed in quite a pleasing fashion. The main point of similarity between both: the examination of power. … Continue reading →

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Geek Culture on the Couch

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Aramithius

I’ve recently been going through the blogsphere looking for shameless self-publicising opportunities or chances to discuss and share ideas on fantasy, world-building and their inherent cultural expressions and what they say about the writers and consumers of fantasy/sci-fi media. I’d … Continue reading →

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