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.

Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “A Fish Dinner in Memison” by E.R. Eddison (Zimiamvia 2)

The fourth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at E.R. Eddison’s A Fish Dinner in Memison (1941): a novel that lays out plainly Eddison's concerning philosophical vision.