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Past the Dragon

Clifford Stumme

We're changing lives by learning about sci-fi/fantasy literature. Come for the essays and original stories. Stay for the memes.

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Good Fantasy Makes the Real World Better

Welcome to Week Two of and I dissecting J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1947 essay “On Fairy Stories.” Last week Eric discussed what Fantasy meant to Tolkien and why good world building is vital to suspension of disbelief. I highly recommend you read t...

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The 8 Eras of Fantasy Literature: A Short History of Magical Subversion and Rebellious Storytelling

I came alive in grad school when I studied G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown detective stories and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise because both authors wrote stories that deal in ideas. Father Brown is an empathic detective who re...

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Why Are Fantasy Novel Titles So Bad?

A few weeks ago, I visited a used bookstore and tackled their science fiction and fantasy sections with disappointing results.

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The Actual Point of Literature Most Readers Forget

**This essay contains significant spoilers of the books Piranesi by Susanna Clarke and The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis.**

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  • Clifford Stumme

    A writer and fun guy (with the tortured soul of a third-rate poet). I'm fascinated by speculative stories that leave me a richer, fuller person. Posthumous fame is for suckers, but if you're reading this after I'm dead, thanks anyway.

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