Category: Musings

Answering the Question: What’s Wrong with Epic Fantasy?

That is tricky question to answer, because the very nature of the work is what makes epic fantasy…well, epic. Maybe there really isn’t anything broken or wrong with epic fantasy as a subgenre, maybe the thing that gets broken, or perhaps a better word might be “tired,” of epic fantasy is the reader.

— Teresa Frohock, author of  Miserere: an Autumn Tale

One of many ‘epic’ answers to the question ‘What’s Wrong with Epic Fantasy?’ found at the recent MIND MELD: What’s “Wrong” with Epic Fantasy? – SF Signal post.

Article: Google’s Chromecast Is Open To All, So Bring On The Streaming Apps – ReadWrite

Google’s Chromecast Is Open To All, So Bring On The Streaming Apps – ReadWrite

http://readwrite.com/2014/02/04/google-chromecast-sdk-streaming-apps

Squee!  I see more apps using Chromecast in my future.

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We might be destroying the universe just by looking at it

http://io9.com/we-might-be-destroying-the-universe-just-by-looking-at-1514652112?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Weird on more than one level.

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Tour the typography of the future, starting with ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ | The Verge

http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/2/3/5373666/tour-the-typography-of-the-future-starting-with-2001-a-space-odyssey

I used to waste so much time on fonts,  back when I printed things on paper. These days, not so much. But still an interesting observation.

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Surprise! I Have No Idea Your Book is Coming Out | Kameron Hurley

http://www.kameronhurley.com/surprise-i-have-no-idea-your-book-is-coming-out/

Remember that ground breaking shocking documentary from the 70s (or was it the 80s) where they took teenagers to prison and introduced them to the convicts? This blog post reminds me of that film. If you can ignore the language, the message is worth hearing.

I might be stretching the comparison a bit but just wanted you to know I don’t normally condone that much profanity by reblogging it.

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