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Grimdark
So I’ve basically played the role of a vaguely interested observer in all this, but something Joe Abercrombie tweeted today – a piece by Daniel Abraham in Clarkesworld – has finally motivated to reach...
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Craft v Platform
There is a tension in some, it would appear, between two apparently opposing forces: the practice of one’s craft, and the building of one’s platform. I’ve discussed this before, but really, I have...
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Good v Evil
To prepare for the upcoming World Fantasy Convention, Damien Walter recently penned an article on modern Fantasy in which he noted that the genre has changed since Tolkien was writing (nearly 60 years...
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Review: ‘Road Brothers’ by Mark Lawrence
Disclaimer — All the way back in 2013, elsewhere on this site, I sung the praises of Mark Lawrence‘s Grimdark Fantasy trilogy, the books of the Thorns: Prince, King, Emperor. They’re very good. If you...
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2016: A Year in Review
Hmmm, what to say about 2016… It’s pretty widely acknowledged that this year was not the best, for a great many reasons. For me there was a tragedy in my extended family near the start of the year,...
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