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Tag Archives: fantasy
Elizabeth Bear’s The Chains That You Refuse
I seem to be running across a number of writers for whom the idea of “genre” is as fluid as the idea of a “short story.” Stories are like a painter’s drawings or a composer’s piano studies: they can range … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, science fiction, short fiction
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Terry Pratchett’s Thief of Time
Thief of Time, the latest installment in Terry Pratchett’s highly popular Discworld series, contains all the elements that make the series such a hit: Vivid, fish-out-of-water humans caught in a conundrum they must solve by their wits and dogged determination; … Continue reading
J.R.R.Tolkien’s The Hobbit audiobook
I’m a purist when it comes to The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings, which is to say that though I’ve read both of them myriad times I gave up on the films after watching The Fellowship of The … Continue reading
Kage Baker’s The Bird of the River
The late Kage Baker was one of those admirably unpredictable writers whose stories never seemed to fit into any sort of mold, whether they were part of a series or stood alone. There is, though, a kind of magic in … Continue reading
Steve Augarde’s The Various
Steve Augarde is a well-known British illustrator and author of children’s books. The Various, the first in a series, treats the adventures of twelve-year-old Midge, sent to stay with her Uncle Brian at the old family farm in Somerset while … Continue reading
Lavie Tidhar’s The Great Game audiobook
I’ve got a lot of audiobooks in my Audible library as it’s been my primary source for such matters for many years now, so sometimes I forget if I’ve listened to one of them. This is how I came to be listening recently … Continue reading
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Tagged alternate universe, fantasy, mystery, pulp fiction
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Elizabeth Bear’s Whiskey and Water
The nice thing about reading the first volume to a really good new fantasy series is that when you reach the end, you know the story’s not over. The nice thing about getting your hands on the second volume is … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary fantasy, fantasy
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Elizabeth Bear’s Blood and Iron
One of the freshest and most interesting developments in fantasy literature over the past decade or two has been the emergence of what I tend to call “contemporary fantasy.” Known also as “urban fantasy” or sometimes “mythic literature,” it combines … Continue reading
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Robert A. Heinlein’s The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein and The Number of The Beast
Our kind but ever so iron-fisted Editor-in-Chief decreed some time ago that Green Man wouldn’t do science fiction, so we don’t. (And the last person to disobey this edict is still down in the rat-infested cellars below the GMR corporate … Continue reading
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Tagged dark fantasy, fantasy, science fiction
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Elsa Hart’s The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elsa Hart is an interesting take on the historical mystery. Sporting a pair of women investigators and an esoteric collection of both objects and suspects, The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne contains intrigue and danger … Continue reading