Fantasy
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State of the Art: April 2019 Part 2
Strange Horizons leads the way this round. Women in SF&F Month: Nalini Singh’s Wonder and Freedom: Fantasy Book Cafe Quiet Places and Dark Spaces by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry at Strange Horizons The Myriad Drumbeats of Afrofuturism: Afro-Brazilian Speculative Fiction by Mame Bougouma Diene at Strange Horizons Variations on a Name: the -Punks of our Times by…
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State of the Art – April 2019
This month there have been some significant essays written around the world of Fantasy and Speculative literature. Nnedi Okorafor discusses defining African Science Fiction at SFWA A guest post on difficult topics by Jesse Teller at Fantasy Book Critic A thorough examination: Asexual Representation in Mainstream Speculative Fiction by Lynn E. O’Connacht at The Book Smugglers…
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Fantasy & SpecFic Watch #9
Gene Wolfe has passed (1931-2019). C. S. E. Cooney offers a touching remembrance and Niel Gaiman’s How to Read Gene Wolfe at F&SF Another passing of sorts: Apex Magazine going on extended hiatus but book and anthology projects to continue – Apex Missed this earlier: The Best New Fantasy Fiction Retells Ancient Stories with Complex…
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Poetry of the Fantastic: The Mystic Meaning by Clark Ashton Smith
The language of myth often finds its best form as a poem. The language of the fantastic or the strange can sometimes only find expression in poetry. This series will present classics of the form, many long forgotten, and original contemporary poems. This poem by the master Clark Ashton Smith sets the tone. The fantastic…
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State of the Art April 2019
April is offering a wealth of essays on the literature of the fantastic. Terri Windling writes: The Places that Claim Us on Myth & Moor The Art of Peace: Mari Evans’ Legacy of Peaceful and Ethical Engagement by Tabitha Barbour at Apex Magazine Women in SF&F Month: Tasha Suri talks fairy tales and feet at…