That's a great spot, but I don't think my story could be realistically described as noir. And that's before trying to squash a 24,000 story into a four-page comic. Great spot though, where did you find it?
What did you blog about today?
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Paul Caroll posted it up on the ISSFH discord site (would have posted that link, but I'm not really sure how discord works) -there was an artist there looking for a writer/ story, and I thought of the Gigantomachy ...was a long shot, unless ya did something like:
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Mort by Sir Terry Pratchett
(mild spoilers) Imagine, for one moment, that you are a gangly day-dreamer living in a very hard-headed and serious world. Imagine that you had one day to find a future when seemingly no one sees o…
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Swords & Sorcery – Where Is It?
The other day I read a great essay by Misty on Grimdark and its relationship to Horror and Dark Fantasy, that included links to other great essays, and it sparked something in my head. The bit that…
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Mini-Reviews: Sweetness Bled and Brindled by SL Dove Cooper, Resurgam by Dan Jones, The Armourer’s House by Rosemary Sutcliff
Wotcha all. Here follows three short reviews of three rather good short books I’ve read recently. There will be mild spoilers – hope you enjoy Sweetness Bled and Brindled by SL Dove Coo…
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The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
(Moderate Spoilers) Part of what draws me to going through fantasy’s archives are all these names who did great things but are now half-forgot. Take Tim Powers. He’s been an inspiration…
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The Great Hunt Readthrough: Chapters Ten to Twenty-Two
(spoiler o’clock) My first thought to shareabout reading the second quarter of Jordan’s The Great Hunt is that this is the first segment where I sat back and just went “wow”…
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Closer to the Chest by Mercedes Lackey
(total spoilers) Closer to the Chest, eh? Well, I’ve got some feelings to get off my chest. In fact, while still avowing myself to be a Mercedes Lackey fan, I must admit that the following wo…
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Posted a narration of 'Level Up', originally written for a compilation by a mental health charity, with a protagonist who went on to feature in a novel. Just got a rejection notice for the novel telling me that YA was a very competitive market, which would have been good advice if it was a YA story -it did me a bit of a favour as it let me know the writing is still way off the mark and audio is the way to go. Am combobulating the novel into a podcast so figure it'd be no harm to give one of the heads (Gerry 'gamer' McLoughlin) a go on the net first.
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Uplanded Chapter 1 to Spotify
Something light for the weekend to counter the doom and gloom news cycle; nobody would have believed that in the last years of the twentieth century a vicious extraterrestrial invasion force would draw plans against humanity, or that they would be defeated by six crusties in a Ford Transit. But such is the way of the Universe... The Invasion
Something light for the weekend to counter the doom and gloom news cycle; nobody would have believed that in the last years of the twentieth century a vicious extraterrestrial invasion force would draw plans against humanity, or that they would be defeated by six crusties in a Ford Transit. But such is the way of the Universe... The Invasion
Fungi book review...
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Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
In Merlin Sheldrake’s wonderful and very readable account of the world of fungi, the reader encounters a kingdom of organisms neither plant nor animal (in fact they are slightly more closely relate…
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Uplanded Ch 2 of 'Hyb to Spotify -no better place than a 90's acid rave to slowly twist reality ...been scratching me head to figure why a new story doesn't work and I think it is because it moved too quick, some people are deadly at hitting you with everything right from the off @Jo Zebedee fires with both barrels on page 1 of her latest book, and it's deadly; but it's not something everyone can do.
Thank you - that’s very kind. It’s also easy to hit too hard, too fast and not leave time for immersion. Funding the balance is tricky I find
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You seem to have found it
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The Influences of Early Commercial Epic Fantasy Authors
The purpose of this post is to give a quick overview of just who the authors behind that big wave of Epic Fantasy in the 70s-90s that reshaped perceptions of the genre listed as their influences. T…
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The Swordsman and the Sorcerer by Peat
Hello all, it’s story time with Uncle Peat. This one is a bit sweary and a bit bloody, so you’ve been warned. It’s about 7k words, and I hope you enjoy. Nelevo ran. He ran past lo…
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Chapter 3 of The Turd Prophecy - Gerry Mc Loughlin is a bollox. Kevin tries to create a launch strip, while the others go looking for spaceship parts.
Lost the artwork for a turd prophecy book cover during house renovation but plan is to do something with the dodgy phone picture I took of it later. Possibly make it into a T shirt design and run daft writing contents to win one on the blog.
Lost the artwork for a turd prophecy book cover during house renovation but plan is to do something with the dodgy phone picture I took of it later. Possibly make it into a T shirt design and run daft writing contents to win one on the blog.
Recent book reviews.
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Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold
(moderate spoilers) The original start of this review was me accusing Bujold of crimes against her readers for having only one book with Cordelia as a lead. There are, of course, two. But bear with…
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Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber
(mild spoilers) One of the interesting parts about delving into fantasy’s backlist is getting to see authors’ inspirations at work. When I delved into Swords and Deviltry, a collection …
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@The Big PeatI haven't read a single word but once it's all up I plan to have a little dash through it all.
Anyway, two of my latest.
Wizzard: An Essay on Pratchett’s Men (The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric)
(Some Spoilers) In her excellent series of essays, Tansy Rayner Roberts someone suggested someone should write essays on Pratchett’s men. I am stupid enough to think I can be that someone. In…
Dawn Wind by Rosemary Sutcliff
(considerable spoilers) Another day, another book I have to talk about immediately. Broadly speaking, I do not get overly emotional at books. I’m not much of a crier, I don’t talk of ge…
Enjoyed both of those thank you.
I've never been that keen on the early Rincewind, or indeed Rincewind but you have shone a light on evolution I haven't previously spotted.
I've read and re-read Rosemary Sutcliffe for a very long time and she can indeed turn the screws on your emotions - she does a feeling of melancholy and poignancy very well too, especially in a way through her descriptions of landscape and nature.
One of my favourites is the adult one Rider on the White Horse - not because it is English Civil War - but because of the studies of the complexities of war and marriage - and no, their marriage wasn't a war, it is just the part of the marriage during the war. A dramatisation of Sir Thomas Fairfax and his wife. And the history is very well done too.
This reminded me that Sutcliffe wrote a book called Sun Horse Moon Horse, about the White Horse of Uffington. Have you read that? (I haven't yet but just ordered it from the library.)
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Thank you!
I've never actually come across Rider on the White Horse; I shall pay close attention if I get a chance to.
Also you've reminded me I need to get to my next Pratchett essay.
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