Showing posts with label Magic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magic. Show all posts
Friday, June 06, 2025

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: "The Oblivion Bride" by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: "The Oblivion Bride" by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner     "The Oblivion...
Friday, December 27, 2024

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke by Karen S. Wiesner     Susanna Clarke is the...
Saturday, July 27, 2024

A Kind of Magic

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  Magic, in fiction, has rules.   Here's one highly recommended discussion of rules. https://ianmchugh.wordpress.com/on-writing/on-the-d...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Dangerous Gifts

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The solstice is upon us! There's hope that within a few weeks darkness will stop falling at 5 p.m. Happy winter holidays! It might see...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Karen S Wiesner: {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke

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{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke by Karen S. Wiesner   In my...
Thursday, November 09, 2023

Considering Adaptations

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That is, one adaptation in particular: CONJURE WIFE, by Fritz Leiber. It was first published as a magazine serial by UNKNOWN WORLDS in 1943,...
Friday, October 06, 2023

Karen S. Wiesner {Put This One on Your TBR List}: Wildwood by Colin Meloy; illustrated by Carson Ellis

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{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Wildwood by Colin Meloy; illustrated by Carson Ellis by Karen S. Wiesner Wildwood is the first ...
Friday, September 01, 2023

Karen S. Wiesner {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

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{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke by Karen S. Wiesner Jonathan Strang...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

SF Versus Fantasy

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At this year's ICFA (which I wrote about last week), one of the free goodies distributed at meals was a copy of the March/April 2020 ASI...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Sufficiently Advanced Technology

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As we know, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" (Arthur C. Clarke). Conversely, many magical ev...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Worldbuilding For Fantasy Part 1 - Paranormal Detectives

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Worldbuilding For Fantasy Part 1 Paranormal Detectives This Series on Worldbuilding for Fantasy is inspired by some very original w...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Reviews 37 - Ilona Andrews Magic Shifts

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Reviews 37 Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews  The Reviews series has not been indexed yet.  And I have messed up the numbering, resulting in ...