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Monthly Archives: November 2018
Why does fantasy have to be so long?
Why is so much speculative fiction so long? In the past year I have read several stories that were more than 500 pages: Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (782 pages), Brandon Sanderson’s Well of Ascension (763 pages), Eric … Continue reading
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Armistice Day
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns stopped. That was one hundred years ago today. Out of a population of one million, New Zealand sent nearly one hundred thousand (100,000) men—and a few … Continue reading
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Uprooted
Uprooted, the Nebula-award-winning novel by Naomi Novik, is one of the most captivating fantasy novels I have read in several years. I was hooked within the first page, from the fairytale-like opening paragraphs, and although there are a few things … Continue reading
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