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Category Archives: Criticism & Reviews
Feeling Very Strange
Slipstream isn’t a genre I’d been very familiar with prior to reading Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology, edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel; I’d heard of slipstream, read many writers who are apparently engaged in it (though … Continue reading
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Ian McDonald’s King of Morning, Queen of Day
I’ve been looking forward to rereading Ian McDonald’s King of Morning, Queen of Day (Bantam, 1991) as it was one of the inspirations for my Askmore story cycle, and I particularly wanted to see how the novel held up for … Continue reading
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Farah Mendlesohn’s Rhetorics of Fantasy
When John Clute and John Grant’s Encyclopedia of Fantasy first came out, I was excited about having some more academic and concrete terminology to use when teaching fantasy, and indeed I’ve referred to EoF quite often in class. The terminology, … Continue reading
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Kate Bernheimer’s The Complete Tales of Merry Gold
Given my interest in adapting fairy tales, studying Kate Bernheimer’s The Complete Tales of Merry Gold is a perfect choice. Bernheimer’s novel—along with her first novel, The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold, and her third, The Complete Tales of Lucy … Continue reading
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Theodora Goss’ In the Forest of Forgetting
Theodora Goss’ style appeals very much to me, although I’ve found that style tricky to pin down. Her style isn’t as distinct to me as Elizabeth Hand’s, and yet it still feels individualized. The one word I would use to … Continue reading
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