Dec
17
Some non-weird non-old books
in which I briefly suspend my vow to read only the strange and obscure
6 min read
fantasy
Dec
09
Dark Flowers of the Pulp Age
reviewing every Clark Ashton Smith story, part 1
7 min read
Nov
24
The Women and the Warlords (1987)
the second half of a feminist epic
8 min read
Oct
14
The Wordsmiths and the Warguild (1987)
teenage fantasy protagonist but make him act like an actual teenage boy
7 min read
Aug
02
Paradise and Hell: “The Gardens of Delight” by Ian Watson
with some thoughts on the value of modesty in fiction
6 min read
Apr
09
Phantasmion: The First Fantasy Novel
Love and grief at the dawn of fantasy literature
7 min read
Mar
25
Rage and Revenge in Aboriginal Australia’s First Fantasy Novel
"The Kadaitcha Sung" asks whether the crimes of colonisation can ever be set right
11 min read
Jan
29
The First Secondary World
independent fictional worlds were invented more recently than the steam train
13 min read
Nov
04
Go Directly To Hell: Michael Shea’s “Nifft the Lean”
A face-melting feast
8 min read
Aug
14
"The Wizards and the Warriors": A Lost Treasure of 80s Fantasy
At first glance, Hugh Cook’s The Wizards and the Warriors (1986) presents a very unpromising prospect. There is the
8 min read