![]() Our modern fantasy hero can’t just have one mysterious alias- he must have twelve, all equally stupid and each more equally stupid than the last. It’s all in here- valuing trivia over storytelling, conlangs that all sound the same, ham-fisted grand-standing disguised as epic scope, the idea that bigger is always better and the worth of your novel is judged by how much stuff you can cram between the covers. I feel like this paragraph sums up everything wrong with fantasy as a genre. ![]() Which, depending on how it’s spoken, can mean The Flame, The Thunder, or The Broken Tree. ![]() I’ve had more names than anyone has a right to. ![]() Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as “quothe.” ![]()
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