GUYS I got to touch an ALPACA. Although it was fairly bad-tempered. I may let you see when I finish photoshopping twisty evil moustaches on the pictures. Anyway, on to the topic at hand. Sword and Sorcery is perhaps the
Subgenre Study: Fantasy Romance
This one’s a bit on the edge, Squiders. One could argue that this is a subgenre of romance rather than a subgenre of fantasy (and some argue that Romantic Fantasy is the proper name). You may be confused. A lot
Harry Potter Re-read: Prisoner of Azkaban
Just a quick note – we’ll do the Goblet of Fire discussion on Sept 19 instead of Sept 12. I’d like to claim that this is because it’s the first of the more massive part of the series, but the
Subgenre Study: Hard Science Fiction
Science fiction can be divided into two subsections: hard and soft science fiction. Hard scifi is focused on the actual “science” part of science fiction and is much more interested in maintaining scientific accuracy than other subgenres. Hard science fiction
Get Off My Childhood
I tried to find a version of this that would embed, but alas, I must send you to Youtube instead. What you have here is the trailer for the new Thundercats series that has recently premiered on Cartoon Network. I’m not
Subgenre Study: Urban Fantasy
Urban fantasy is so pervasive these days that I mentally divide fantasy into urban fantasy and everything else. Like the other subgenres we’ve discussed, its definition is a bit fluid. Wikipedia says it doesn’t matter what time period the story is
Science Fiction and Television
Science fiction and television don’t seem to be getting along very well lately. For every long running series like Doctor Who, there’s a half-dozen series killed before their time, ala Firefly. It’s somewhat understandable. Scifi series cost more to make
Harry Potter Re-read: Chamber of Secrets
I’ve always subconsciously broken the HP series up into two sections – the first three books and the last four books. The first three read like Children’s books with a mystery that is, more or less, wrapped up in the
Subgenre Study: Dark Fantasy
Oh, dark fantasy. Supposedly my husband’s favorite subgenre. But like so many other speculative fiction subgenres, one that is very hard to stick to a definite definition. Dark fantasy, in my own personal opinion, is fantasy that strives to point
Subgenre Study Guide
In celebration of the first anniversary of Where Landsquid Fear to Tread, I am putting together a Subgenre Study Guide for you. I will be updating this post periodically with new subgenre studies as they come out (every Friday, at
