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Category Archives: fantasy
Book Review: Princess Academy
A school for fantasy princesses? Sure, let’s cover the usual academic standards of Deportment, Grace, Manners, Geography, Dancing. One problem: not every girl wants to be princess. Continue reading
Book Review: A Tale of Two Castles
A dragon as a detective? Continue reading
Horses: Fresh Takes on Old Standards
Everybody ride horses in fantasy! Here are the ones I find most original. What about you? Continue reading
authors / Brit Lit / fairy tales / fantasy / gender roles
Will boys read books with girls as main characters?
My reaction to a blog by acclaimed author, Shannon Hale. Continue reading
Susan B. Anthony and Frodo
How is my favorite suffragette like a hobbit? Continue reading
My Kingdom For Any Mode of Transportation But a Horse
Back in college I spent several years writing a draft of a fantasy/sci fi novel. I was never able to finish it, mainly because the plot started out cute and Mogli-sized, then grew to gremlin-sized and started causing havoc. But it was one of my best attempts at world-building. One of the details I was … Continue reading
