Tag Archives: epic fantasy
Lord of the Rings Day
Happy Lord of the Rings Day. 🙂 About a week ago, I began rereading book 7 of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. This followed my realisation earlier this year that I had somehow lost the ability to read … Continue reading
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Tagged books, epic fantasy, fiction, high fantasy, JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings day, M John Harrison, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Reaper's Gale, Steven Erikson
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‘Mantra sciences’ is just poor fantasy
I don’t know how the author of a piece in the Times of India managed to keep a straight face when introducing a school based on Vedic rituals that would “show the way” to curing diseases like cancer. Even the … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged bitcoins, cancer, cognitive dissonance, cryptocurrencies, epic fantasy, fantasy fiction, Hogwarts, infinite predictability, magic system, not even wrong, Ponzi scheme, Rajasthan, Research Institute of Mantra Sciences, Vedas, Vedic studies
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