Fantasy Fiction – The World's Last Mysteries (And Other Fallacies)

When I read the novel Ready Player One, I made a blog post about it: “Ernest Cline’s READY PLAYER ONE is 80s Cyberpunk Bliss.” While I downplay the novel’s weaknesses and may overstate my praise for its strengths, I think the post generally holds up. Now, though, we’ve had a film, and I’ve finally seen […]

“We like to think that we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark; and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Key Term: Translation This text is Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. In it, Le […]

I finished writing a blog post I began a long time ago in a world that now feels far, far away: https://t.co/0eee8Bwz0L 05:01:59 PM May 13, 2020 from TweetDeck Reply Retweet Favorite
@neilhimself I taught that one in a few of my classes some years back. Quite fun! 09:15:34 PM February 23, 2020 from Twitter for Android in reply to neilhimself Reply Retweet Favorite
@michaelslore @BToltecatl Well, that sounds intriguing! 11:50:26 AM February 21, 2020 from Twitter for Android in reply to michaelslore Reply Retweet Favorite
@NinjaFingers Agreed! There's no logic whatsoever in tying alignment to species. 12:47:01 PM January 27, 2020 from Twitter for Android in reply to NinjaFingers Reply Retweet Favorite
RT @NinjaFingers: Humanity Fired First! Follow the diplomats who must end the war in Transpecial. #spaceopera #sciencefiction https://t.co/… 07:04:04 AM January 27, 2020 from Twitter for Android Reply Retweet Favorite
@NinjaFingers It's also just not a reliably reliable source, but it's a decent place to find a few references. 05:39:42 AM January 25, 2020 from Twitter for Android in reply to NinjaFingers Reply Retweet Favorite
RT @Heather_Horton: “I don’t want realism, I want magic!”~Tennessee Williams “The Albatross”, oil on panel, 10”x30”, private collection. h… 02:55:56 PM January 24, 2020 from Twitter Web App Reply Retweet Favorite
RT @vanessa_vash: It showed how we are valued. It hurt me a lot. It is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life.” https://t.co/KWZzp99g… 02:53:46 PM January 24, 2020 from Twitter Web App Reply Retweet Favorite
As a Californian who spent must of the last week in the dark, here's a radical idea. Discuss? https://t.co/Ro9uZdoeNl 07:09:24 PM October 31, 2019 from TweetDeck Reply Retweet Favorite

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The World's Last Mysteries (And Other Fallacies)

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