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The Changing of the Guard debate.

Aidan Moher over at A Dribble of Ink has posted several interesting articles on the influx of new fantasy writers such as Scott Lynch and Brian Ruckley (Part 3 is here). Equally interesting is Pat from Fantasy Hotlist's response which you can see here. I'm afraid I have to agree with Pat on this one though there's no doubt that there has never been so many great authors emerging in the field of fantasy writing since the genre's birth.

And so the journey begins.........

Hello, I'm the first post. This blog will be dedicated to literature, be it literary fiction, biography, history, politics or fantasy. The title comes from writer and critic Charles Von Rospach and goes: "And lo, though I travel through the valley of the archetypes, I shall fear no evil, for I know that the author can't kill me off for at least another 150 pages, no matter how stupid or trite I become, or he ruins the book." Wise words indeed.