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Category Archives: SF&F corner
Interview with alternate history author Laura Anderson
Orson Scott Card has delved into the alternate history genre with his Alvin Maker series and Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus. But the former is fantasy (there’s magic in it), and the latter is science fiction (there’s time travel … Continue reading
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A Community of (Mormon) Readers
The best conversations are the ones where you get a chance both to share your own views and to rethink them in response to what other people say. That’s the kind of experience I had with my recent AML blog … Continue reading
The Memory of Mars
Does this story sound familiar? A man on Earth discovers that his memories have been altered, his wife isn’t who she appeared to be, and he’s embroiled in a vast conspiracy involving Mars and aliens. It’s the 1990 movie Total … Continue reading
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The Host
With the movie of Stephenie Meyer’s novel The Host coming out next week, I think this is an opportune time for me to review the book. What makes it even more opportune is that I just finished listening to the … Continue reading
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LTUE and the Mormon SF&F Community
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of going back to Utah to attend the 31st iteration of Life, the Universe, and Everything: The Marion K. “Doc” Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy. My pleasure in attending was … Continue reading
Orson Scott Card and homosexuality
I was planning on including the news about this controversy in my Week in Review, but I got interested enough to spin it out into its own post. I’ll post the Week in Review tomorrow. Orson Scott Card has two … Continue reading
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The Ending of the Wheel of Time
Of course, as any fan of the series knows, this blog post’s title is an oxymoron: there are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But the Wheel of Time series of books has reached … Continue reading
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Toward a Mormon Speculative Fiction e-Collective, Part III: Interview with the Instigator
In the third of three guest posts, project instigator Mark Penny sits down for a long, hard talk with himself. First question: Who do you think you are? Why should we trust you to build and operate a Mormon speculative … Continue reading
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LTUE 31 Coming!
Life, the Universe, & Everything 31: The Marion K. “Doc” Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy, is coming February 14-16 at the Provo Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. YA fantasy author Megan Whalen Turner is the guest of honor; … Continue reading
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Throne of the Crescent Moon and the use of God in epic fantasy
The stereotypical epic fantasy is set in a pseudo-European, pseudo-medieval world. One of the major differences between such a fantasy world and the real medieval Europe is fairly obvious: there’s magic that actually works. But there’s another difference that’s not … Continue reading
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