History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition

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Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition

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This collection of classic supernatural stories ranges from light fantasy to darkly weird, as angels, demons, souls (lost and saved), and a vast spiritual landscape are brought to light (or at least to print). The authors of these 44 stories include Daniel DeFoe, James Hogg, George MacDonald, G. K. Chesterton, Mary Wilkins, E. G. Swain, M. R. James, Henry S. Whitehead, Robert H. Benson, and others.

The Good New Stuff: Adventure in SF in the Grand Tradition

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About as good as the run-of-the-mill old stuff
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The Good New Stuff: Adventure in SF in the Grand Tradition

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ASIN: 0312198906

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This is the second of two companion anthologies that chronicle the history of the SF adventure story. With this book, editor Gardner Dozois is attempting to disprove the old adage that "they don't write 'em like that anymore." Which, of course, they do, as writers like Peter F. Hamilton, Michael Swanwick, George Turner, and John Varley amply demonstrate in these pages. The selections here date from 1977 to 1998, although Dozois has limited himself by omitting subgenres such as cyberpunk, military SF, and even hard SF. While this makes the The Good New Stuff somewhat dubious as a historical overview of the adventure SF field, it allows Dozois to uncover some real gems that might otherwise have gone overlooked, including a couple of stories first published in the Brit-lit SF magazine Interzone. It's safe to say that in the hands of authors like Robert Reed, Walter Jon Williams, and Stephen Baxter, the grand tradition of SF is alive and well. --Craig E. Engler

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Once the mainstay of science fiction, adventure stories fell out of favor during the 1960s and early 1970s. But in recent years, science fiction writers have spun out galaxy-spanning adventures as imaginative and wonderful as any of yesteryear's tales. Renowned editor Gardner Dozois assembles seventeen such escapades here, with stories from today's and tomorrow's finest writers, including:Stephen Baxter, Tony Daniel, R. Garcia y Robertson, Peter F. Hamilton, Janet Kagan, George R. R. Martin, Paul J. McAuley, Maureen F. McHugh. G. David Nordley, Robert Reed, Mary Rosenblum, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, George Turner, John Varley, Vernor Vinge, Walter Jon WilliamsThese stories brim with the exciting thrills our universe offers us-- alien landscapes, unimagined realms, life unlike any we have known before, and that mysterious realm known as the human soul. The Good New Stuff shows that they really do still write 'em like that!

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About as good as the run-of-the-mill old stuff.......2000-05-29

... fun escapist reading for a lazy Sunday. The collection is dominated by feel-good stories whose ideas and plot twists are familiar, often predictable.

Buoyed by a few charismatic selections (like Janet Kagan's "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex") which make up for their shortcomings by going at a good healthy clip and keeping the laughs coming in. William Jon Williams' "Prayers on the Wind" and George Turner's "Flowering Mandrake" offer moderately interesting twists on the tradition of the theocratic and the First Contact story respectively. I had been particularly interested in reading Vernor Vinge's novella "The Blabber," but it goes like the literary equivalent of a clip show: if you've already read "A Fire Upon the Deep" it's all too obvious, and if you haven't the story will probably seem pointless.)

For more consistently innovative picks but a bit more of a tendency toward name-brand authors, check out James Gunn's "Road to SF" series.

Read this book!.......1999-07-15

I started this book convinced that I don't really care for the adventure story/space opera genre of science fiction. Now, I strongly believe that ANYBODY interested in science fiction should read this book. Almost everyone of these stories pulled me into a world of wonder, adventure, and suspense. I had a great time.

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This comprehensive critical anthology of American fantasy literature, applies the groundbreaking critical theorems of such esteemed American literary critics as Leslie Fiedler, Richard Chase, and Irving Howe to the genre of fantasy in an effort to delineate the true American tradition of fantasy from the Anglo-European canon.The three definitive strains focused on are: The American TaleFolk, Tall, and Weird Fantastic Americana Lands of Enchantment in Everyday Life.

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Fans of American Fantasy, rejoice!.......2003-07-23

This book is an excellent collection of fantasy stories for any fan of this genre. It brings together some of the world's best known authors and writers from this field with an almost chronological listing of fantasy stories this country has ever produced. Starting with the ultimate historically original fantasy "Rip Van Winkle" and working its way up to stories by such authors as Stephen King, Alan Dean Foster and Theodore Sturgeon, this one volume is an superb collection of American fantasy stories that every collector of this genre should add to their library. I feel that if I taught a college-level literature class on this topic, this would be my textbook. Excellent book!

It Truly Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!.......2002-12-02

Editor Brian Thomsen has given readers a true treasure chest of wonderful stories spanning the entire American experience. I can't say enough great things about this 43 story set. The book is divided into three sections:

Folk, Tall and Weird Tales
Including such classics as "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Lottery," as well as more modern tales like Stephen King's "Children of the Corn" (far superior to any of the film versions) and Ursula K. Le Guin's "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight."

Fantastic Americana
Boasts such classics as Mark Twain's "A Ghost Story," Stephen Vincent Benet's "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and much, much more.

Lands of Enchantment and Everyday Life
Includes great stories from writers such as Edith Wharton, L. Frank Baum, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, Gene Wolfe, Michael Bishop, Greg Bear...I could go on and on.

I should point out that this collection is one of American (not British) fantasy dealing with Americans caught up in strange and fantastic situations, not one of dragons, knights, and maidens (although you may find one or two in the book).

I knew the book was destined to be a winner when I read the opening selection (and the book's only poem): "this changed everything," a powerful poem about 9/11. If this book isn't on your Christmas list, email Santa today.

602 wonderful pages

An important and informative collection.......2002-09-26

Fantasy has become an integral part of the American subconscious. Whether its star wars defense systems or the alternate reality of Madison Avenue, fantasy permeates our very being as a culture. Brian Thomsen shows us how fantasy literature has contributed to the American psyche helping define us as a country were anything is possible. Intriguing, informative, indispensable.

Family Folklore : Family Traditions Memories and Anecdontes Family Expressions Fantasies By and for Children Reminiscent History Family Photography

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Family Folklore : Family Traditions Memories and Anecdontes Family Expressions Fantasies By and for Children Reminiscent History Family Photography
Family Folklore Program of the Festival of American Folklife
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The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le Guin

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The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le Guin
Brian Attebery
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The Good Old Stuff: Adventure Sf in the Grand Tradition

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Good Intro to Earlier Science Fiction
Consistently interesting selection
The GOOD OLD STUFF Is Good Stuff!
Cover not in collection
A great selection of some of the great adventure SF.

The Good Old Stuff: Adventure Sf in the Grand Tradition

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ASIN: 0312192754

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This is the first of two companion anthologies compiled by SF's leading short fiction editor, Gardner Dozois. Although Dozois is notable for tastes that are skewed heavily toward the literary side of the science fiction spectrum, his avowed purpose with this volume is to collect the seminal works of good old-fashioned adventure SF. Dozois has limited his stomping grounds to the years between 1948 and 1971, though the bulk of these stories were first published in the 1950s, a period he calls "the second great Age of the Space Opera." The book starts off with A.E. van Vogt's classic "The Rull" and continues with 16 more adventure stories, culminating with James Tiptree Jr.'s "Mother in the Sky with Diamonds." In between are works by James H. Schmitz, L. Sprague de Camp, Jack Vance, C.M. Kornbluth, Leigh Brackett, Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Cordwainer Smith, Brian W. Aldiss, H. Beam Piper, Ursula K. Le Guin, Fritz Leiber, and Roger Zelazny. Although The Good Old Stuff may contain some tough moments for contemporary readers--the tales here are, after all, a product of times when race and gender discrimination were more prominent than they are today--this is an excellent collection of some of the best SF, adventure or otherwise. --Craig E. Engler

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Adventure stories have been one of the mainstays of science fiction since its earliest days, and this terrific anthology assembles sixteen of the greatest ever written. Included here are stories from a stellar array of talents: Brian W. Aldiss, Poul Anderson, Leigh Brackett, L. Sprague de Camp, Gordon R. Dickson, C.M. Kornbluth, Ursula K. Le Guin, Fritz Leiber, Murray Leinster, H. Beam Piper, James H. Schmitz, Cordwainer Smith, James Tiptree, Jr., Jack Vance, A.E. van Vogt, and Roger Zelazny.

These stories were all written in the heyday of adventure SF, from 1940 through the 1960s, and they first appeared in such magazines as Astounding Galaxy, Future Fiction, and Startling Stories. Many have not been in print for years. All of them retain the breathtaking sense of wonder that is science fiction's feature characteristic. From the seas of Venus to the farthest reaches of space, these stories will take you places you've never dreamed before!

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Good Intro to Earlier Science Fiction.......2001-12-16

Good assortment of science fiction topics. Was especially useful exposure to some the giants in the field, who's work is well worth reading, but who aren't currently popular. Also interesting to read earlier treatments of sci-fi topics - alternate history, alien encounters, collapse of civilization. Agree with other reviewers that the stories have a strong literary bent, but not excessive.

Consistently interesting selection.......2000-10-01

The back cover led me to expect a lot of golden age sf, but a good amount of this stuff is probably recent enough (1970) to qualify as good *new* stuff. (Although some of it is embarassingly fascinated with things like hypnosis and the Campbellian dogma of America/Earth's eventual superiority over all other alien races.) Dozois seems to have gone to some trouble to dig up some solid stories from lesser-known writers, some almost totally out of print (C. M. Kornbluth, Murray Leinster, Leigh Brackett, H. Beam Piper). I also appreciate that he's knowledgeable enough about his field to ensure a fair representation of women writers without his needing to visibly lower the bar to let them in.

The GOOD OLD STUFF Is Good Stuff!.......2000-07-04

Trust Gardner Dozois to throw the dart into the board and pick some outstanding SF works.THAT SHARE OF GLORY by C.M. Kornbluth is worth the price of admission. GUNPOWDER GOD continues H. Beam Piper's "Verkan Vall" character adventuring in the levels of Earth (sideways in time). Included are Gordon R. Dickson's delightful THE MAN IN THE MAILBAG, and Jack Vances weird THE NEW PRIME. Don't skip a word or a story. Get close to the roots of this genre.

Cover not in collection.......1999-04-13

The cover for this book was originally for a full-length SF-Adventure novel by Andre Norton called Galactic Derelict. It was published in the '60s, and not included in the collection.

A great selection of some of the great adventure SF........1999-04-09

I just finished reading this book, and there's not a bad story in the bunch! I also was unfamiliar with all of these stories, although I had read works by some of the authors previously. Recommended to anyone who loves SF, and even as an entryway for those who are unfamiliar with the genre.

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Hawaiian Fishing Traditions
Moke Manu
Manufacturer: Kalamaku Press
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ASIN: 0962310239

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A celebration of the great fisherman of ancient Hawaii, known for attracting and propagating fish, inventing fishing techniques, and bringing in extraordinary catches.

Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: Variations on the Fantasy Tradition

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Interesting and Useful
Excellent review of Donaldson's work
readable literary criticism of Donaldson
An over analysis of a great work.
The superlative in Fantasy criticism

Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: Variations on the Fantasy Tradition
W. A. Senior
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Interesting and Useful.......2005-08-26

I was looking to understand the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant a bit better, and this book helped out a lot, even though it deals primarily with the First Chronicles. If you're addicted to Stephen R. Donaldson's stuff and want to return to the Land (if only in a tangential fashion), this is a good book to check out.

Excellent review of Donaldson's work.......2004-10-19

As a fan of Donaldson's Covenant series, I was delighted to see that there was a scholarly work of literary criticism covering the Chronicles. There have been so many written about The Lord of the Rings (deservedly so) but none regarding Covenant. I felt this was a mistake, as Donaldson's works, while certainly not equal to Tolkien's, bear significant literary merit.

One of the things I found most interesting was the shared vocabulary between Senior and Donaldson. Any reader of Donaldson knows that he enjoys employing archaic words. Senior even levies this as somewhat of a criticism. However, *he uses some of the same words*. I couldn't help but chuckle. To argue for clarity, and then go against your own argument is, well, silly.

But that's the worst I can say about the book. Other than works on literary criticism regarding Tolkien, this was one of the very few that I read from cover to cover. He didn't miss many points (although as others have pointed out there were some factual innaccuries; these were minor, though).

Here are some chapter titles, to give you an idea of what's in the book:

1. Modern Fantasy and Stephen R. Donaldson
2. 2. Thomas Covenant: Leper as Hero
3. Donaldson and Tolkien (great chapter)
4. Myth
5. Narrative, Structure, and Knowledge
6. Life and Death
7. The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: "To Bear What Must Be Borne".

There are also two rather extensive interviews, which for those Covenant fans who don't participate in the "gradual interview" on www.stephenrdonaldson.com or who don't follow the bulletin boards on www.kevinswatch.com, offer much needed insight into the mind of an author who is much more complex than he seems to the casual observer.

readable literary criticism of Donaldson.......2003-04-11

Keep in mind, contrary to most of the reviews below, this is NOT a novel by Stephen Donaldson. It's a scholarly book written by a PhD ABOUT Donaldson's Thomas Covenant trilogies. If you're looking for the actual books, don't get this one. As for this book, Variations on the Fantasy Tradition, it's readable, if somewhat over written and in places awkward--a common failing of academic writing. It examines Donaldson's Covenant books (mainly the First Chronicles) in light of general trends and tendencies in fantasy. As such, it's often a compare-contrast operation: this is what a fantasy hero is usually like; this is how Thomas Covenant is similar and different from the standard fantasy hero. It covers in its chapters the hero and how Covenant is something of an inversion of the typical hero; comparisons to Tolkien; myth and how it is used in the Covenant books; the significance/importance of knowledge in the books and how it is gained; the narrative structure; and how life and death are viewed and what meanings they are given in the text. It also does a general coverage of the Second Chronicles. Some "trivia" are gotten wrong or misstated, so that could have been tightened up, though that in itself doesn't affect any of the main points made. The scholarship isn't ground-breaking and it's fairly straightforward, but interesting to me as someone who liked the Covenant books and has taken English courses. The interviews with Donaldson are interesting, though I wouldn't buy it only for them ....If you liked thinking about the themes and ideas in the Covenant books, you may like this, though more of it is devoted to form and structure and than the meanings/reasons behind them (i.e. how Covenant differs from typical heros as opposed to _why_ make him not like other heros). But, then, that's not really why this book was written. It's aim is to locate Donaldson in the literary canon of fantasy. So in that sense, it does all right. Say, three and a half stars.

An over analysis of a great work........2000-07-19

I really like the Covenant series, and so I picked this book up to see how others reacted to it. What I found was a work that read far to much into Donaldson's work, missed some major points, and committed simple errors (such as which hand Covenant had fingers amputated from). Maybe it's because I'm not a huge fan of lit.crit., but I found this text very dense to work through, and Senior came across as trying too hard to make his points.

The superlative in Fantasy criticism.......2000-03-31

This text is the definitive work on Donaldson and an enlightning exploration into the genre of Fantasy. This work has provided me with several quotes for academic papers as well as guide points on teaching traditional and non-traditional Fantasy. Senior never vascilates on his arguments, and there is yet to be an error found in his thinking. A cheap price for a priceless reference source.

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