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A Brightness Long Ago Says Magic isn’t Required for Fantasy. It May Be Right.
What makes a fantasy novel a fantasy novel? I know, and I apologize. What a stupid, pretentious question, right? We all know what makes a fantasy novel different from a work of historical fiction or science fiction or a standard coming-of-age tale/YA novel. We all read Harry Potter. It’s magic. Magic is what makes a fantasy novel truly a fantasy novel. Whether that magic is produced via wands and boarding schools like the aforementioned Harry Potter, or through color and light absorbed from the sun like the Lightbringer Series, or through the many complex rules of Brandon Sanderson’s various ‘hard-magic systems’, or through the strange mix of geothermal energy and…
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The Doors of Stone and Everything Else We Want
You heard it here first, folks! Patrick Rothfuss, acclaimed fantasy writer and full-grown garden gnome, has announced The Doors of Stone will be released in physical and eBook format tomorrow. Apparently, the long-awaited novel has been finished for years, with Rothfuss delaying publication to build up fan anticipation for his work. “Yeah, this book was finished by like 2014,” says Rothfuss, whose gnome beard is now longer than he is tall, in response to questions. “I just didn’t want to be one of those boring writers pushing out books every other year. Who wants that? I figured a nine year wait would be the perfect amount of time to stack…
