I was intrigued to read about this bit of news from star editor and all-round Top Bloke, Lou Anders. It got me thinking about the differences between Swords and Sorcery Fantasy, and Epic Fantasy. I think there’s a distinction to make.
Epic Fantasy for me has multi-stranded plots, huge amounts of movement, deep worldbuilding, and [...]
Entries from June 2008
How Epic Is Yours?
June 5th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Tags: discussions
Tom Waits—Hold On
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
I don’t think there’s many who do melancholy or nostalgia better. He really is the M. John Harrison of the music world.
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The Genre Will Eat Itself
June 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
I read this post on SF Signal, a top genre blog. Basically, some dude has had it with the bickering etc that goes on in the genre.
This isn’t just about the blog comments, e-mails and forum posts of the last week. This is about the blog posts and comments, emails and forum posts, editorials and [...]
Tags: discussions · publishing
