Does your favorite fantasy novel pass the “Youngling Test”?
Fantasy has a problem – it is inherently kitsch. What do I mean by kitsch? Crap that people unaccountably like. I’m a fantasy fan, so please don’t put your fist through your computer screen just yet. Give me a chance to explain. The dictionary defines kitsch as tawdry, vulgarised or pretentious art usually with popular…
Books & Comics
M.D. Lachlan
New Steampunk! anthology from Kelly Link and Gavin Grant challenges the rules of the genre
The first thing to notice about Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories, out now from Candlewick Press, is that it’s edited by Kelly Link and Gavin Grant. If you’re unfamiliar with those names, or know them only as authors, take a look at their Small Beer Press, which consistently publishes some of…
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Karen Meisner