Tag Archives: Fantasy

The Witcher

Posted on December 31, 2019 by

I just finished watching The Witcher on Netflix.  This was a series that I initially resisted getting into.  From a distance, it looked too much like a Game of Thrones knockoff.  But after numerous people recommended it, I decided to … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Game of Thrones

Posted on May 24, 2019 by

(Warning: Here be spoilers!) Last week was the series finale for Game of Thrones, a series I’d been watching from the very beginning.  Indeed, I first discovered George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books way back … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (spoiler free)

Posted on December 20, 2015 by

I saw the new Star Wars flick Friday morning.  I considered blogging about it later that day, but then figured there were already a zillion reviews on the web and adding one more wouldn’t be particularly useful.  But some of my … Continue reading →

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Odyssey writing podcasts

Posted on September 15, 2015 by

A while back, I did a post noting the podcast Writing Excuses, an awesome resource for aspiring science fiction or fantasy writers.  This weekend, I discovered another podcast  that I had inexplicably missed until now. The Odyssey Podcasts are excerpts … Continue reading →

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What is the crucial element of a story?

Posted on June 25, 2015 by

I’ve been reading a lot of science fiction short stories lately.  As an aspiring author, one of the things I’ve been trying to pay attention to are what the properties are of the stories I end up enjoying.  And, just as … Continue reading →

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Literary “rules” I wish science fiction and fantasy books would break more often.

Posted on June 8, 2015 by

Read any book on writing, or take a creative writing course, and there are certain pieces of advice that you are almost certain to encounter.  In many cases, the advice is good, but some have a tendency to take these tools … Continue reading →

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The definition of the science fiction genre

Posted on April 30, 2015 by

Charlie Stross has an interesting post up on the distinction between science fiction and fantasy.  He looks at a question I haven’t thought about in a while: Not too long ago, someone in the twittersphere asked, “Whatever happened to psi? … Continue reading →

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Writing Excuses: New season, a writing course by podcast

Posted on January 8, 2015 by

Many of my readers and fellow bloggers are aspiring (or practicing) writers.  If you haven’t caught it before, ‘Writing Excuses‘ is a podcast about writing in the science fiction and fantasy genre.  If you’ve ever contemplated doing that kind of … Continue reading →

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Most science fiction is actually a blend of scientific fiction and fantasy.

Posted on July 30, 2014 by

Quentin Cooper, looking over a top 100 sci-fi movie list which has many questionable entries, ponders this question: BBC – Future – Why is science fiction so hard to define?. Time Out, the weekly listings magazine, recently ranked the 100 best … Continue reading →

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Dungeons & Dragons & Philosophers – Existential Comics

Posted on April 8, 2014 by

Probably only amusing if you know something about both philosophy and D&D.  Click though for the full version. via Dungeons & Dragons & Philosophers – Existential Comics.

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