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Fantasy
September 10, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi Is a Hall of Wonders
The follow-up to the bestselling “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” is a fraction of its length but has far more heft.
February 6, 2018
Ryu Spaeth
An Education Through Earthsea
Ursula Le Guin’s fiction explored the ultimate fantasy—of self-discovery and the power that comes with it.
January 24, 2018
Sarah Jones
RIP, Ursula Le Guin.
April 28, 2017
Sarah Jones
American Gods Is a Dark Fairytale of a Country in Crisis
Starz's new production is a brilliant, despairing look at a fracturing national myth.
November 22, 2013
Laurie Penny
An Interview With Neil Gaiman, the Internet's Favorite Fantasy Writer
"It was much, much more fun being absolutely unknown"
August 5, 2013
Jana Romanova
Fantasy Lives of Russian Office Workers
March 29, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Man Behind Game of Thrones's Murky Moral Worldview
George R.R. Martin and the genesis of a fantasy world
May 21, 2012
Timothy Noah
Lingerie Football?

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