The fifteenth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, about James Branch Cabell's The Silver Stallion (1926), a satirical take on the medieval romance that goes to some truly wild places and deconstructs the ideological work of how (and why) men are made into myths.
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Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “The King of Elfland’s Daughter” by Lord Dunsany
The thirteenth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924), a fairy tale mixed with a heroic romance that offers a cautionary tale of what happens when you invite magic in.
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “A Voyage to Arcturus” by David Lindsay
The eighth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at David Lindsay’s A Voyage to Arcturus (1920): a philosophical science fantasy novel about big existential questions, like “who the fuck is Crystalman?!”
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “Titus Alone” by Mervyn Peake (Gormenghast 3)
The seventh essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Mervyn Peake’s Titus Alone (1959), the much maligned third and final novel in the Gormenghast series.
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “Gormenghast” by Mervyn Peake (Gormenghast 2)
The sixth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast (1950), the powerful second novel in his Titus series.
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “Titus Groan” by Mervyn Peake (Gormenghast 1)
The fifth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Mervyn Peake’s Titus Groan (1946): an atmospheric, richly wrought novel about power and social hierarchy in a castle populated by absolute weirdos, and how it all starts to crack up.
Genre Fantasies 