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20 October 2008

[Article by William Alexander]

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ARTICLE: A Revisionist History of Earthsea, by William Alexander

It is not easy to bring a Foucauldian understanding of historical contingency to high fantasy. The genre resists. Le Guin manages anyway.

COLUMN: Revisiting the Canon With Susannah! Of Wonders and Mervayls: Travels with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, by Susannah Mandel

The description of the feasts goes on for a while. There is pretty much everything you could want from a medieval shindig here: a whole fortnight of feasting, complete with jousts, drums and caroling, trumpets, banners, and beautifully dressed lords and ladies engaging in flirting and love play.

FICTION: Just After Midnight, by Christie Skipper Ritchotte

He thinks there's a reset button: that people can die and start back at level one. He thinks Laura will walk through the door any minute now.

POETRY: Moonfish, by Robert Borski

Part trilobite, part lungfish, / it crawls about the basalt seas / of the Mare Tranquillitatis

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser, reviewed by Paul Kincaid
Wednesday: Filter House by Nisi Shawl, reviewed by Matthew Cheney
Friday: Steampunk, eds. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, and Extraordinary Engines, ed. Nick Gevers, reviewed by Duncan Lawie

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