Tag Archives: JRR Tolkien

Mystery and Truth in Fantasy

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Aramithius

An apology in advance is due here, I feel. This is a rather meandering post, and I’m not sure I can structure it any better currently. Please bear with me, you’re following a thought process here, rather than a clear … 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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Thinking Outside the Globe when Creating Worlds

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Aramithius

I’ve taken to A Game of Thrones with a vengeance lately, and it’s a great board game as well as a great story. The characterisation is some of the best I’ve seen in fantasy novels, and thanks to it being a mostly … 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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Does a story tell anything in the telling?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Aramithius

In my browsing across the blogsphere, I’ve come across this post on “narratology” from the Urban Archives blog. It’s extracts from a book that discusses the central point of narratology as the contention that “stories, or more properly their narrative component, … Continue reading →

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The Mists Clear… Exploring a Polarised Fantasy Cosmology

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Aramithius

I’ve been muttering about writing some notes for the Mists of Albion cosmology I’ve been developing with a friend for a while (he’ll also start contributing some things to this blog as Hypersleeper, so watch this space!), and I think it’s about … Continue reading →

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What is magic, and why does it matter?

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Aramithius

I’m still feeling my way with the architecture of WordPress, so some changes may be on their way in the next few days. I intend to get working on a links page/blogroll of related topics and areas I’m interested in … Continue reading →

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