Today we will be looking at High and Low Fantasy and the confusion surrounding the terminology. It has nothing to do with how good the stories are (Eragon, for example, is high fantasy but most would argue not high quality)
Hooray, October!
It’s October, Squiders! Best month of the year. Bold claim, I know, but how can you resist? The leaves are turning on the trees, the heat of summer is burning off, and then there’s Halloween and my birthday and Nano-planning,
Subgenre Study: Off-world Fantasy
Most fantasy can be divided into either real-world or off-world fantasy (sometimes called second world fantasy). The distinction is obvious: real-world fantasy takes place in the “real world” (so most urban and contemporary fantasy, as well as things like historical
Harry Potter Re-read: Goblet of Fire
When I first read Goblet of Fire, I had to stop and read the graveyard part twice. You see, I’d read the first three books about a month before GoF was released, and they’d all followed a nice formula where
Whoops (and a Fairy Tale Anthology You Might Like)
Sooo. It’s Sept 19. And I know, weeks ago, that I said that today we would discuss Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire today, but it turns out that I am not actually capable of reading a 700-page book
Subgenre Study: Sword and Sorcery
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
The Wonders of Webcomics
If you’ve been a denizen of the internet for a while, you are no doubt aware of the existence of webcomics. They are everywhere. They run the gambit from amateur attempts with poor storytelling and art to epic fantasy worlds
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
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
