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Patricia A. McKillip’s Harrowing the Dragon
In fantasy circles, Patricia A. McKillip has long been considered a consummate stylist, and her style has been the main reason I have read thirteen of her novels (with several more to read on my shelf). I was particularly interested … Continue reading
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Tagged Harrowing the Dragon, Patricia A. McKillip, style
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My friend Andrea sent me the link to “Late Bloomers” by Malcolm Gladwell over at The New Yorker. A fascinating article! (And one that lifted my over-40 spirits.) ♦ … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle Babies, Brad Rader, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Earthsea, Etsy, fairy-tale films, Jess Nevins, Jo Walton, Kristen Stewart, Late Bloomers, LeBasse Projects, Malcolm Gladwell, movie posters, Pamela Dean, printed ink, Sleep No More, Snow White and the Huntsman, Super Punch, Surface to Air, T.S. Eliot, Tam Lin, Tanith Lee, The New Yorker, The Other Wind, The Secret Country trilogy, Thomas Doyle, Tom Canty, Ursula K. Le Guin, Weird Fiction Review
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Guy Gavriel Kay’s Ysabel
I had been eager to read Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (Roc-Penguin, 2007; all quotations are taken from this text), which won the 2008 World Fantasy Award for Novels, and indeed to read any book by Kay, who’s been highly … Continue reading
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Tagged Guy Gavriel Kay, Ysabel
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ In Wales, Simon Dale built his family a lovely Hobbit house into the side of a hill for only £3,000 (about $4,800 USD). Pretty impressive, considering the budget and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Mills, Ann VanderMeer, Chet Phillips, Dean Haspiel, Earthsea, EkaKaramelka, graphic novels, Henry Rollins, Hobbit house, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, Jeff VanderMeer, Jo Walton, Kelly Link, murmuration, Neil Gaiman, Simon Dale, Sophie Windsor Clive, starlings, Tales from Earthsea, The Last Mortician, The Weird, Tim Hall, Ursula K. Le Guin, Weird Fiction Review
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Catherynne M. Valente’s The Orphan Tales, Vol. 2
What follows is the second of two posts about Catherynne M. Valente’s duology, The Orphan’s Tales, wherein I discuss her style. Valente’s earliest published work was poetry, followed by short novels that might have been considered prose-poetry, given their density … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherynne M. Valente, In the Cities of Coin and Spice, The Orphan's Tales
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