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Beware the Real Danger of Entertainment
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How Reading Epic Fantasy Helps Me Be Brave
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Names: fairy tales
Somewhere Out There
The only thing more appalling than vast, unfathomable spaces is vast, unfathomable emptiness.
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Shannon McDermott
Four Classes
This collection of fairy tales is admirably broad-minded in its inspiration, drawing from Scripture and history and legend.
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Shannon McDermott
Fantasy – Not Anybody’s Leftover Stale Bread
One of the unfortunate impressions about Christian fantasy that still lingers seems to be that all fantasy is the same, that it is derivative and stale.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Once Upon A Time: If We Tune In
A concise yet biased summary of the last half-season of
Once Upon A Time
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Shannon McDermott
The True Form Of Fairy-Tale
J. R. R. Tolkien appealed to reality in justifying joy in fairy stories. It’s revealing as to what he thought of fairy tales â and of reality.
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Shannon McDermott
Aliens, Elves, Angels
âDoes Jesus save aliens?â is not as earth-shattering a question as some people seem to think. But maybe itâs a more complex one.
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Shannon McDermott
The Esther Syndrome
Our perception of stories is easily colored by our expectations and assumptions. Call it the Esther Syndrome.
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Shannon McDermott
When Science Fiction Meets Fairy Tale
At first glance, science fiction and fairy tales appear to have little in common. They’re like water and oil. What could tales about nasty step-mothers and magic share with stories of high-tech gadgets and trips to other worlds? For starters, both address themes of human experience through the fantastic, and both bear the imprint of the culture of their time.
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Jeff Chapman
The Fairy Tale Phenomenon
Is our perception of fairy tales changing? As Dean said in his post Friday, some guys feel as if their âman cardâ is at risk if they admit to reading fairy tales. Tolkien has wars and a civilization-saving quest, outsmarting a dragon and evading goblins, but fairy tales are about saving a damsel in distress. The damsels, of course, very much want those stories told. But do guys want to read them?
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
The Making Of A Myth, Part 3
In many ways Tolkien separated himself from Christian parents today because he stated bluntly that children arenât to be protected from reality though they can and should retain the guileless wonder of childhood: Children are meant to grow up, and not to become Peter Pans.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
The Making Of A Myth, Part 2
Fairy stories are for children. Or are they? J. R. R. Tolkien in his essay “On Fairy Stories” built an argument that challenged the usual assumptions. First, he believed that fairy stories had significance beyond entertainment.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
The Place Of Hope In Speculative Fiction
I find Chestertonâs perception of âmodern fictionâ â stories written in a realistic style nearly a hundred years ago â eerily similar to stories written in a realistic style today. When the imagination is separated from spiritual reality, it seems to stall on the bleak and the horrible.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Guest Blog: C. S. Lakin, Part 3
This is the third and final post by author C. S. Lakin. Her second fairy-tale fantasy in the Gates of Heaven series, The Map Across Time, is due out early next year. – – – Gems from Fairy Tales by […]
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C.S. Lakin
Guest Blog: C. S. Lakin, Part 2
Fairy Tales As a Sub-genre of Fantasy, Part 2 by C. S. Lakin My introductory post discussed the power of fairy tales and the way fairy tale structure is different from other fantasy sub-genres. The key point is that the […]
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C.S. Lakin
Guest Blog: C. S. Lakin
C. S. Lakin is the author of the new fantasy series The Gates of Heaven published by AMG/Living Ink. Book One, The Wolf of Tebron, released this fall and will be the early January feature of the CSFF Blog Tour […]
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C.S. Lakin