The tools of fantasy construct something rich and full of life. Good news: you can read it online! Clark drenches Mt. Djèlí Clark ( Fireside Magazine, February 2018). One title jumped from this year’s list (which join Yiddish in as a teeming revisionist history): “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. With its many categories, there’s much to consider. I was happy to learn that Michael Chabon received a Hugo for The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, a book I love. I’ve long heard of them but never mined them. One offshoot has been my new awareness of the Hugo Awards. When I’m done, there may not be much left. The old paperback I picked up is crumbling in my hands. When the rules are hidden, the reader’s biases are challenged alongside the characters. Pleasure derives from uncovering what magic is imagined by the characters and what is real in the universe of the book. I’m nearly done with the first Ursula LeGuin book I’ve ever read, The Tombs of Atuan. I can’t look away from their exuberance, their delight in language, their vibrancy. The engaging hosts sustain the momentum on this sustained tour. Their discussion’s range is a creative act in itself. Titles, authors, built worlds, and plot lines spin, expand, contract, splinter, and coalesce. ![]() On one level a fandom deep-dive, on another level a nuanced and enjoyable ongoing literary discussion, the podcast panders to nobody. In the last month or so, I’ve followed the vapor trail of the vibrant trio of the Be the Serpent podcast. ![]() I can pretend I “get it,” but at the end of the day I’ve only ever read or watched the most accessible stuff. “Fantasy” and “science fiction” and labels of the like are oft-discussed but, by me, more heard about than explored.
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