Adam Serwer has shared a gift link to his fantastic piece on the history of Dungeons & Dragons, the history of “fantasy racism,” and the interplay between fantasy racism and “scientific racism.” “D&D was the original role-playing game, a structure that has influenced every kind of genre fiction […]
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century talks about Wheel of Time with Arturo Rojas on the Bitches On Comics podcast! “Sara and Arturo Rojas met via the great Graymalkin Lane podcast talking about the X-Men. At one point during a recording, they discovered that they both enjoy the […]
At Tor.com, S.L. Huang writes about the history of writing workshops and its influence on SF/F workshops and writing today. “To those outside the industry, the name “Clarion” might not have much meaning. But to those with aspirations of being a professional SFF author—of joining those like Gaiman—workshops […]
Clarkisha Kent and Sady Doyle have some Thoughts about Daenarys and Game Of Thrones.
Aaron Brady thinks about Game of Thrones at The New Inquiry. “Here is what I think is the real question: what kind of world does Game of Thrones imagine? What does it take to be natural and normal? In its claims to be ‘realistic,’ what sort of reality […]
Open Culture. has images and discussion of J. R. R. Tolkien’s art. And they have links to see more at The Tolkien Gateway. “Beyond perusing the images in the Tolkien Gateway, you’ll also want to have a look at Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull’s book, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist […]
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