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Fantasy: May 17, 2017 Issue [#8291]

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 This week: Reading Science Fiction and Fantasy
  Edited by: Prosperous Snow celebrating Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
Arthur C. Clarke

"I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them."
H. P. Lovecraft

"I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them."
Isaac Asimov

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost."
J. R. R. Tolkien



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Letter from the editor

A couple of months ago I wrote about women speculative fiction authors. In this newsletter, I am discussing the male authors that attracted me to the genre. When I was a young reader, and other girls were reading romances, I read speculative fiction. I tried reading romance stories, but they did not fire my imagination the way speculative fiction did.

Some of the authors I enjoyed reading were H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clark, and J.R.R. Tolkien. The only other speculative fiction authors that stand out in my memory are the women authors I mentioned in the April newsletter. I know I read other authors, but they did not make a memorable impression.

In order for authors to be remember their book have to make an impression on the mind of the reader. What is about a book that makes a memorable impression? Is it the plot? Is it the characters? Is it the descriptions? Is it something else about the book?

Mr. Lovecraft's books made an impression on me because they expressed fear. Mr. Tolkien drew me into the lives of his characters and made me care about them. Mr. Clarke's and Mr. Asimov's books made me care about their characters while giving me a wonderful vision of the future. When you think about your reading as a youth, what was it about the stories that attracted you? Do you write in the same genre that you begin reading when you were young?


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Canto #1. How Tinker Bell first met Peter Pan - dispelling the myths in an epic poem.
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Excerpt: If you believe in fairies, well, there's doctors you can see
         but if you're irredeemable, then harken unto me.
         This is the tale of Tinker Bell, a story you should know
         of where she first met Peter Pan, and how she got her glow.

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Ask & Answer

Christopher Roy Denton Author Icon writes: Hello!

Huge thanks for plugging my poem Mary Meets Little Bill in your fantasy newsletter.

Did you know that Stephen King's most important antagonist, one used in multiple books like The Stand and the whole Dark Tower series, came from a poem he wrote as a student? Check out The Dark Man by Stephen King.

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