Month: September 2024

Part III of a Review of “A Treasury of Fantasy.” (REH Has Entered the Chat.)

Following is my review of the last half of A Treasury of Fantasy. Part I is here. Part II here. The Wood Beyond the World. William Morris. This is not my first Morris novel, though it is, perhaps, my favorite thus far. Morris continues to employ deliberately archaic language, as one might expect. I still… Continue reading Part III of a Review of “A Treasury of Fantasy.” (REH Has Entered the Chat.)

Part II of a Review of “A Treasury of Fantasy.” “Phantastes.”

Part II of my review of A Treasury of Fantasy covers only one entry, but it accounts for a good quarter of the length of the anthology. Part I can be found here. The selection in question is George MacDonald’s Phantastes. A Faerie Romance for Men and Women. The first chapter of Phantastes reminds me… Continue reading Part II of a Review of “A Treasury of Fantasy.” “Phantastes.”

Part I of a Review of “A Treasury of Fantasy.”

Today I’m going to cover the first quarter of the contents of A Treasury of Fantasy. This early 1980’s volume contains a chronologically arranged selection of fantasy, and bears the subtitle “Heroic Adventures in Imaginary Lands.” Interestingly, the stories chosen come from no farther back than the Volsunga Saga, circa 1270. I suppose that decision… Continue reading Part I of a Review of “A Treasury of Fantasy.”

Idylls of the King. Return Again to the Matter of Britain.

I doubt I could recall the sheer number — let alone the titles — of all the books, comics, short stories, films, and television shows I have consumed based upon the tales of King Arthur. Clearly the stuff resonates with creators, or there wouldn’t be so much of it. And equally clearly it resonates with… Continue reading Idylls of the King. Return Again to the Matter of Britain.