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The Silmarillion Primer: The Creation of Life, Eä, and Everything
In Which Ilúvatar, After Creating the World, Presents Specific-Yet-Vague Plans for the Future, and Melkor Becomes a Rebel Without Probable Cause The Ainulindalë—“the Music of the Ainur” in Elvish—is a kind of prelude story to The Silmarillion proper. It’s the literal beginning to the legendarium, and though it’s only a few pages long, there’s a […]
A Mountain of Nesting Heads at the Foot of the Alps by Andrea Casciu
Artist Andrea Casciu just finished work on this crisp new mural of nesting blue heads titled “The Soul of the Mountain” in Pinerolo, Italy as part of the Street Alps festival. He says the work is a metaphor of sorts that represents our relationship to the mountains through various “realities” we each encounter there. You […]
This Will Destroy You – “New Topia”
Experimental post rock band, This Will Destroy You, brings us and adult swim a music video for the song “New Topia” which is about the spiritual and symbolic journey through the seven sacraments, which allows us to dream for what could be revealed behind the door to the afterlife. New Topia is a place for […]
Mind Meld: How Do You Define Urban Fantasy?
Urban fantasy too often gets passed over by readers who have a narrow view of the genre and the unfounded reputation that all urban fantasy books are “the same.” Well, no one puts urban fantasy in a corner! Like any other type of fantasy, there are many nuances to this […]
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Trick or Treat: In Search of Obscure Horror Fiction
I see a lot of reading lists offered by readers and writers around Halloween time, which is great, but three quarters of them have different variations of the same works. It’s hard to avoid Stephen King, simply because there are so many terrific short stories you might choose. On the other hand, you also get […]
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Anatomical Fish Zip Bags by Japanese Designer Keiko Otsuhata
Japanese designer Keiko Otsuhata has brought a new dimension to the popularity of fish as food by turning the sea creature into a functional-out-of-water zip bag. In Japan, fried fish (especially mackerel) is often seen on bar menus, and is prepared by splitting the fish through its stomach and frying it flat. The sight of fried fish […]
The 10 Most Frequently Challenged Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books
In the age of the smartphone, one might be forgiven for thinking attempts to ban books are one of those old-timey things we can all laugh about today, like prohibition or child labor. Yet, every year the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) puts out a list of the most-challenged books […]
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Six Works of Short Fiction that Defy Convention
Short fiction is awesome. No, seriously. I am of the opinion that there are few things in life better than a perfectly executed short story. Creating an expertly paced short story, that makes you care about its characters, understand its world, and be invested in its central conflict—all within the space of 7,500 words—is no […]
The artist behind Neil Gaiman’s American Gods: ‘The images become a doorway into that other realm’
The TV adaptation of American Gods is coming to Starz next month, but anyone eager to get the story now can always […]
Chinae Alexander Gets Real About the Struggle of Following Your Dreams
She makes it look easy, but her path to confidence has been totally unpredictable.