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Philip Athans

WHY I READ FIVE BOOKS AT ONCE

Mar 19th, 2011
by Philip Athans.
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If you’ve been following my blog, Fantasy Author’s Handbook, or have “friended” me on GoodReads, you’ll have heard me talk about reading five books at once. That may conjure up visions of me sitting in front of five books, open on a desk in font of me as I read them all simultaneously, but of …

THE KNEE-JERK REDUCTIONISM OF OUR ILL-CONSIDERED BLOGGERS

Feb 19th, 2011
by Philip Athans.
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Over the past few days, a link to the blog Big Hollywood has been being tossed around by various people I follow on Twitter, generally with some fire in their 140-character bellies. Always curious about the state of the fantasy genre, I followed the link and read “The Bankrupt Nihilism of Our Fallen Fantasists” with …

CONVENTION ETIQUETTE FOR PROS & PANELISTS

Jan 19th, 2011
by Philip Athans.
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Because I am a huge, gigantic nerd, I have saved all of my badges from every single convention I’ve ever attended, starting with IDECON II from March 14, 1981. I was badge number 8. IDECON was a one-day game convention put on by the games club of a neighboring high school. What makes me a …

IS SCIENCE FICTION BAD FOR US?

Dec 19th, 2010
by Philip Athans.
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For years now—decades even—there has been an argument in play in political circles in this country that violent action in movies, television, and especially now in video games has a desensitizing effect on children. The “logic” is that if children “witness” thousands of murders before, say, their eighteenth birthday, they grow up to be violent …

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