Fantasy Worlds: List Universe’s Top Ten
I’d recommend checking out List Universe’s top ten for fantasy worlds. It’s quite a good list, I think. The top ten includes some obvious ones, such as Tolkien’s Middle Earth, and some less obvious ones (heck, even some plain fun ones). So go on, give it a look. It’s a good list. Anywho. (Don’t click […]
Fantasy Is Easy: Ha!
Why is it that some people believe that fantasy is easy?Fantasy isn’t easy folks. In fact, to write good fantasy it takes a lot of thought and, well, talent. Good fantasy is hard. Good fantasy doesn’t take all the major cliches, put them in a book, and say “there you go, an original piece of […]
Should SF/F authors read in their genre?
Apparently this is the next big issue that people are discussing across the blogosphere, and likely elsewhere. It all started, so it seems, with an interview Pat over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist did with David Bilsborough. Some people have taken great offense with certain things Mr. Bilsborough said and it has sparked a bit of […]
Browsing the Aisles: My Fatal Flaw
…or why I, for some strange reason, almost never buy fantasy titles at the bookstore (unless I’m going there specifically to do that). Going to the bookstore is one of my favorite things to do. In fact, I almost never want to go shopping unless I know I’m going to get to go to a […]
Does the Genre Tag Matter?
I recently came upon an article featuring Michael Chabon and Jeffrey Ford in which both authors gave some reasons as to why tagging fiction with certain genre tags isn’t really that important. Chabon states that, “the people it matters the least to are the ones who are doing it. In so many other artistic mediums, […]
SF/F Links: April Roundup (First Half)
By the way, this is going to be long since I’m pulling links off my desktop and my laptop. So, get ready for a long list of SF/F related links! Universe Today Want to know what happens when two black holes collide? What about three? Sound like science fiction? Yeah, they asked the same question […]