Daily Archives: 10th August 2016

5 YA Sci-Fi & Fantasy Series Adults Need to Read

Posted on 10th August 2016 by William the Bloody

Some very appealing suggestions here for Young Adult SF and fantasy. I’m not sure how they overlap with paranormal romance but I’ll be investigating these.

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Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber televised

Posted on 10th August 2016 by William the Bloody

I have to confess I’m not usually a fan of high/epic fantasy, but I make an exception for Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber series, where the quasi-medieval world of Amber overlaps with our own and a host of shady worlds … Continue reading →

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Fairy tale and the bizarre

Posted on 10th August 2016 by William the Bloody

A very stimulating essay here by Tobias Carroll, ‘Why we love weird fairy tales’, tracing the career of the unsettling imagery found in the original fairy tale–here, particularly Giambattista Basile’s seventeenth-century collection The Tale of Tales. Carroll then shows the … Continue reading →

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Maggie Stiefvater live on line

Posted on 10th August 2016 by William the Bloody

The fabulous YA author Maggie Stiefvater is taking part in the SLJ Teen on-line conference alongside the author Meg Medina from 10.00 am – 5.00 pm EDT today–that’s 5 hours behind GMT, so it will begin at 4.00 pm in … Continue reading →

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Buffy singalong!

Posted on 10th August 2016 by William the Bloody

Devotees of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will be aware of the many experiments with genre that the series carried out, most notably the musical episode ‘Once more with feeling’ (season 6, episode 7). The episode explores ideas of communication and … Continue reading →

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