Friday Fast Forward Rewind

Whet your literary tastebuds on another smorgasbord of fantasy morsels.

• Sarah Avery imparts her wisdom regarding using the famously bad story ‘The Eye of Argon’ as a teaching tool.
• Glean some ideas for future reading with SF Signal’s Mind Meld on favourite genre series.
• Matthew David Surridge of Black Gate ruminates on the nature of fantasy, with fascinating conclusions.
• CoolVibe hosts some fantasy art by Derk Venneman.
• The New York Post lists a few of George R R Martin’s favourite books.
• Grasping for the Wind’s Jacob Topp-Mugglestone looks at the magic of The Name of the Wind.

Friday Fast Forward Rewind

Another week gone and another selection of fantasy-related articles to peruse.

• David Chandler talks about his road to fantasy on Harper Voyager Books.
• Magical Words’s Misty Massey looks at the genre of urban fantasy.
• SF Signal has a Mind Meld on resurrecting, rebooting or reinvigorating f/sf series.
• Vote for your ten favourite titles as America’s National Public Radio searches for the top 100 science fiction and fantasy stories.

China Miéville on world-building

This article on SF Signal is a short but interesting take on one of the key aspects of fantasy fiction.