Jan 3, 202216 minPrequel Problems: Michael Stackpole, The Continuity Strikes BackBy Tom Anderson Some time ago, I penned (keyboard-ed?) a series of articles looking at the old Star Wars Expanded Universe of (mostly)...
Dec 20, 202119 minFiction Friction: Fantasy Counterpart Cultures, Part 2By Tom Anderson In this article’s predecessor, I discussed a number of examples of how fantasy authors have taken inspiration from the...
Dec 6, 202119 minFiction Friction: Fantasy Counterpart Cultures, Part 1By Tom Anderson In my most recent article, I discussed fantasy authors’ ideas for magical stand-ins for technology. This article is the...
Nov 22, 202110 minFiction Friction: Analogous and Alternative Technology in Fantasy WorksBy Tom Anderson One difficulty of writing works of fiction set in our own world, which is arguably common to all genres but particularly...