Dungeons & Dragons: Reading “The Crystal Shard” by R.A. Salvatore (Icewind Dale 1)

The first essay in my D&D reading series, which looks at R.A. Salvatore's The Crystal Shard (1988), the groundbreaking novel that introduced nerds everywhere to the drow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden.

Reading “The Fairy of Ku-She” by M. Lucie Chin

M. Lucie Chin's The Fairy of Ku-She (1988) is an expert work of historical fantasy, a fascinating, achingly beautiful, and brilliantly conceived novel that intermixes Chinese history, mythology, and fairy tale in an impressive tapestry that offers a wide range of critiques of genre, gender, power, and social order.