Tag Archives: fantasy fiction

A happy Lord of the Rings Day to you

Posted on March 25, 2016 by

The LotR trilogy made for the first modern great epic fantasy, its guiding light so very bright that even those who came after struggled to match its success. Continue reading →

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The neuroscience of how you enter your fantasy-realms

Posted on February 25, 2015 by

If you grew up reading Harry Potter (or Lord of the Rings, as the case may be), chances are you’d have liked to move to the world of Hogwarts (or Middle Earth), and spent time play-acting scenes in your head … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings Day

Posted on March 25, 2014 by

March 25 is Lord of the Rings Day. Why do I remember the date? Continue reading →

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In the Valley of Drums…

Posted on October 16, 2013 by

For lack of a more sensational beginning: Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy fiction series is the best piece of writing I have ever encountered. Erikson’s experience as a archaeologist and an anthropologist is brought to bear in every … Continue reading →

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Crowd-sourcing a fantasy fiction tale

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

What if thousands of writers, economists, philosophers, scientists, teachers, industrialists and other many other people from other professions besides were able to pool their intellectual and creative resources to script one epic fantasy-fiction story? Such an idea would probably form … Continue reading →

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