You come across it constantly in fantasy. An ancient city, dreaming in its senescence. A city so old that no records have survived of when it was founded. A city as old as time. But surely that’s nonsense. Cities don’t really last that long, do they? Don’t they come and go, lasting a few centuriesContinue reading “A City as Old as Time”
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Gavrilo Princip and Jenkins’ Ear — How Wars Really Begin
A large proportion of fantasy novels involve warfare, and the reasons for those wars starting depend largely on the genre — but they’re usually quite straightforward. If it’s traditional high fantasy, there’s a war because some Evil Overlord wants to conquer and oppress the world, usually for no very clear reason, and the opposing sideContinue reading “Gavrilo Princip and Jenkins’ Ear — How Wars Really Begin”
The Fantasy Worlds of Nyki Blatchley 