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The Villain with the Heart of Flamboyant Evil

by James Schellenberg

1 February 2010

A look at the non-subtle antagonist in James Cameron's movies

Scores

by John Clute

18 January 2010

Every telling exposes (or tries to hide) a teller responsible for the tale.

All The Big Kids are Doing It

by Karen Healey

11 January 2010

In the grand and lazy tradition of end-of-year columnists everywhere, here are my personal favourite SFF young adult books of the decade. (Not, I hasten to add, a "best of" list. This is almost bound to reveal more about my reading prejudices than it is the relative quality of books on and off the list.)

Revisiting the Fantastic Classics: Green Chapels, Beheadings, and the Search for Meaning: Travels with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part 4

by Susannah Mandel

4 January 2010

This week, in the fourth and final fitt, we'll find out how the story ends. After staying a week in Lord Bertilak's castle, it's finally time for Gawain to ride out to the ominous Green Chapel, where, on New Year's Day, he must finally keep the covenant he made with the enigmatic Green Knight last Christmas . . . and where, if Lady Bertilak's magic girdle doesn't turn out to be the protective talisman she claimed, Gawain stands to lose his head to the giant's green-gleaming axe.

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