Comments on: Mendlesohn & James – A Short History of Fantasy http://eithin.com/cirw/2009/07/22/mendlesohn-james-a-short-history-of-fantasy/ Wild romances, foolish chances Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sam http://eithin.com/cirw/2009/07/22/mendlesohn-james-a-short-history-of-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Sam Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:59:19 +0000 http://eithin.com/cirw/2009/07/22/mendlesohn-james-a-short-history-of-fantasy/#comment-138 Oh, my definitions are arbitrary and mostly because that gives me an easy excuse to talk about all of it. I follow the same core/penumbra model, though of course that's not to say there's only one core, and a couple of the things I've been vaguely meaning to write about aren't really SF under any normal definition. (Dumas, mostly - though he did inspire some fairly iconic SF novels too.) Oh, my definitions are arbitrary and mostly because that gives me an easy excuse to talk about all of it. I follow the same core/penumbra model, though of course that’s not to say there’s only one core, and a couple of the things I’ve been vaguely meaning to write about aren’t really SF under any normal definition. (Dumas, mostly – though he did inspire some fairly iconic SF novels too.)

]]> By: S. Worthen http://eithin.com/cirw/2009/07/22/mendlesohn-james-a-short-history-of-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-136 S. Worthen Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:56:50 +0000 http://eithin.com/cirw/2009/07/22/mendlesohn-james-a-short-history-of-fantasy/#comment-136 Sensitized by the current SFPA debate, I'm fascinated to observe that you use SF as a catch-all to include Fantasy. I quite enjoyed the book - it was the best-written list I've ever read. (And I really do mean that in a good way.) Sensitized by the current SFPA debate, I’m fascinated to observe that you use SF as a catch-all to include Fantasy.

I quite enjoyed the book – it was the best-written list I’ve ever read. (And I really do mean that in a good way.)

]]>