Steven Erikson, author of best-selling fantasy novels, provides in this introduction the rationale for the careful deconstruction, to be presented here over the following weeks, of an excerpt from his most recent work.
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At the Mercy of the Benighted
What makes us so happy when our countryman wins a tournament, we make it to the world finals, and the weather is so wonderful? The answer, in part, is faith.
Objectivity In Fiction
Guest author Marshall McCarthy discusses how objectivity in fiction can allow the reader to form their own opinion, as opposed to being force fed that of the writer’s.
Go and Find the Magic
In the novels of Kate Griffin, Joshua S. Hill discovers there’s magic in everything, not just in the trees and animals.
My Love Affair with J.R.R. Tolkien
“It is unlikely that there will ever be an author who has captured my imagination as much as J.R.R. Tolkien,” says Joshua S. Hill, who explains why the works of Tolkien engage him like no other author.