Monthly Archives: March 2011

Thomas Covenant vs. Perdido Street Station

Posted on March 15, 2011 by David

Not all fantasy is milieu-driven. The reductio ad absurdum of character-driven fantasy must be The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever (there are both a trilogy called The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and an in-progress tetralogy called The Last … Continue reading →

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Laugh with the Characters

Posted on March 14, 2011 by David

“Captain Richard Francis Burton,” Poe reported, seeing before his eyes the handwritten files he had memorized in Richmond. “Soldier, swordsman, linguist, explorer. A dangerous man and almost a famous one. Author of several books, inventor … Continue reading →

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American Gods

Posted on March 12, 2011 by David

I just finished reading Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. It’s terrific, and I won’t review it, because it’s prize-winning and best-selling and much-reviewed and you can go read what other people have to say about it if that’s what you’re looking … Continue reading →

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Get Your Filky Hands off My Chapter Headings!

Posted on March 11, 2011 by David

I am not a filker. However, I do write songs, and have done so regularly since I learned to squeeze out my first few plunky guitar chords, oh, almost twenty years ago. I like to work songs of my own … Continue reading →