Close Reading SFF
Ajai RajUnpacking the art, craft, and wonder of literary science fiction and fantasy — story by story, sentence by sentence.
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Severian's Can of Whoopass (and Wolfe's Compressed Action Masterclass)
We apprentices were to serve the feast, and before we did so were to doff the relatively new and clean clothes we had been given for the ceremony. After the last cracker had popped and the matrosses, in their annual gesture of amity, had...
C-Side: "All Love That Which They Destroy" (But Do They?)
(Before we jump into today’s reflection, a quick operational note: I’ve created an index that I plan to update regularly from now on, which will also serve as a (very loose, undated) content calendar. Now, on to the quote.)
All of which...
Index: Start Here
Reviews In Quotes
The Book of the New Sun
The Shadow of the Torturer
I. Resurrection and Death
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Still wet from Gyoll we waited.
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B-Side: Excursus on Symbols
II. Severian
- Severian Rises to Heaven on the...
B-Side: Encounters that Change Nothing (and Everything)
A quick note before we jump into the post: I’ve just recorded audio for my poem “Akaraja,” so check that out here if you’re so inclined.
Now, on with the show.
I had been poking a stick up a frozen drain as punishment for some p...
Severian's "Save the Cat" Moment
Photo by Honza Reznik on Unsplash
He lay on his side, covered with blood. It was as hard as tar in the cold, and still bright red because the cold had preserved it. I went over and put my hand on his head—I don’t know why. He seemed as d...
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Science writer by trade, literary SFF writer by avocation. Lover of sentences. Writing a literary science fantasy epic steeped in Christological Hindu lore.
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