by Drew Ellenwood | Dec 4, 2013 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
Time travel, ghosts, entities from another dimension. Now that’s great fantasy. But you mostly don’t think of Charles Dickens. More’s the pity. Fantasy A Christmas Carol is classic literature… and classic fantasy. The novel has what fantasy needs: Memorable...
by Drew Ellenwood | Nov 13, 2013 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
In reality and fantasy, individuals act out of differing motives and backgrounds. But all people have a core they are striving for, an inner itch they seek to scratch. Villains Our contemporary culture has given us some amazingly complex fictional villains, ones with...
by Drew Ellenwood | Nov 5, 2013 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
Starting a fantasy novel? Where to begin? It’s in your head; you can see the scenes, the characters, the settings; you’ve even envisioned the ending. Now, where to start it? A friend told me a hint: Start on the day that is different. That will grab your attention...
by Drew Ellenwood | Oct 28, 2013 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
When time gets near Halloween, I want to see some appropriate Halloween-flavored movies, but no horror. I don’t like that. Light entertainment, not dismemberments. You might ask what do Halloween movies have to do with fantasy. And I would say,...
by Drew Ellenwood | Oct 23, 2013 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
First, who is Andrew Niccol? Andrew Niccol is the writer and sometime director behind the three movies about reality I discuss below. Then you’ll understand why I chose the title above. The Truman Show Truman Burbank. His first name gives the hint. He is the...
by Drew Ellenwood | Oct 10, 2013 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
Let’s talk about fantasy worlds from various sources. I’m going to start, of course, with C.S. Lewis’s Narnia, a world simple enough for children and complex enough for adults. Magic Magic infuses Narnia from the beginning when Aslan sang it into being. But for the...
