Thomas Burnett Swann’s The Weirwoods (1967) is his second novel, a story of slavery and freedom, of love and grief, set at the waning of Etruscan power in ancient Italy. Come for the ancient historical fantasy, stay for the achingly beautiful meditations on love, loss, and belonging.
Tag: Pub Year: 1967
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “Mistress of Mistresses” by E.R. Eddison (Zimiamvia 1)
The third essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at E.R. Eddison’s Mistress of Mistresses (1935): an exquisitely written but ultimately dull novel about beauty, pleasure, and power.
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “The Worm Ouroboros” by E.R. Eddison
The second essay in Ballantine Adult Fantasy: A Reading Series, which looks at E.R. Eddison’s The Worm Ouroboros (1922): a complex, challenging, rewarding, hero-obsessed novel.
Sean Guynes 