I just recently finished my second reading of Elantris; I first read it last year during Summer of 2023. I came late to Sanderson, being repelled by the “hard fantasy” reputation, finally starting during Covid via audiobook. Now having read almost all of his Cosmere-related novels, I realize how misguided that prejudice was. There are […]| Necropraxis
More monsters that my players have run into during my current City of Spires campaign. These ones lean further into science fantasy, as one of the key conceits of the campaign is that it's a fantasy setting built on top of the ruins of an SF setting. The deeper you dig the more likely you are to start running into all the malfunctioning cyborgs and radiation zombies left over from previous ages of the world. | Against The Wicked City
Go into the earth, and reality will walk alongside you. Walk further, and you will eventually be walking alone. The world is plastic down ...| goblinpunch.blogspot.com
Downcrawl is a tabletop roleplaying toolkit that lets players build and explore a weird, wondrous underworld together.| aaronareed.net
Elizabeth and John talk about fantasy’s power of world-making with Edinburgh professor Anna Vaninskaya, author of William Morris and the Idea of Community: Romance, History and Propaganda, 1880-1914 ( 2010) and Fantasies of Time and Death: Dunsany, Eddison, Tolkien ( 2020). Anna uncovers the melancholy sense of displacement and loss running through Tolkien, and links his notion of “subcreation” … Continue reading "78 Fantasy Then, Now, and Forever: Anna Vaninskaya (EF, JP)"| Recall This Book
A queer horror novel that changes for each new reader.| aaronareed.net