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Sisters Are Flying for Themselves
The Fire Keeper, by J.C. Cervantes – The sequel to The Storm Runner begins with Zane Obispo, his family, and his friend Brooks hiding out on a hidden tropical island. He finds out that the memoir he’d written at the … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Families, Feminism, L. Frank Baum, madeleine l'engle, Magic, Mayan, Mythology, Native American, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Prejudice, Rick Riordan, Technology | Tagged a wrinkle in time, ah-puch, aviation, batman, camazotz, don quixote, edith van dyne, hero twins, hurakan, j.c. cervantes, mona eltahawy, orissa kane, patriarchy, sexism, stephen kane, the fire keeper, the flying girl, the seven necessary sins for women and girls, the storm runner, zane obispo |
Magical Arts and Sciences
I’ve been thinking a bit recently about magic and science in fiction. I’m not saying anything at all new when I point out that a lot of what’s considered science fiction contains very little science. Sometimes it just seems to … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Comics, Discworld, Fundamentalism, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, madeleine l'engle, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Star Trek, Technology, Terry Pratchett | Tagged a wrinkle in time, arthur c. clarke, dc comics, fantasy, granny weatherwax, headology, his dark materials, jinn, mermaids, middle-earth, naturalism, philip pullman, satan, science fantasy, science fiction, scientific method, shaggy man, superman, technobabble, the patchwork girl of oz, tik-tok of oz, witches |
Giving This Wrinkle in Time Some Credit
A Wrinkle in Time – I saw this at the movies last night, and for the most part, I quite liked it. When I see a movie based on a book I’ve read, I generally can’t help doing a bit … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Fairy Tales, madeleine l'engle, Science, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a wrinkle in time, calvin o'keefe, camazotz, charles wallace murry, happy medium, ixchel, meg murry, mrs. whatsit, mrs. which, mrs. who, oprah winfrey, prime coordinator, reese witherspoon, tesseract |
Conflict, Controversy, and Contradiction in Oz
Finally, I’ve been able to read and review some new Oz material! There are some significant spoilers in this post. The Royal Explorers of Oz, Book 4: Into the Wild, by Marcus Mebes and Alejandro Garcia – What was originally … Continue reading →
Posted in Babylonian, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Semitic, Sexuality | Tagged a wrinkle in time, alejandro garcia, apsu, bewitched in oz, bungle the glass cat, button-bright, carol silva, dagon, fairy wand of oz, glinda, hurray for oz, into the wild, king anko, king ato, laura j. burns, madeleine l'engle, magic below, mermaids, ojo, ozma, paul dana, pearls of pingaree, phanfasms, pingaree, prince inga of pingaree, puff the magic dragon, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, tarara, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal explorers of oz, tiamat, zog |
Tesser Action
Many Waters, by Madeleine L’Engle – I’d read L’Engle’s original Time Trilogy back in my younger days, definitely in elementary school for at least the first two and probably the third. I remember A Wrinkle in Time pretty well, and … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Language, madeleine l'engle, Mythology, Religion, Science | Tagged a wrinkle in time, an acceptable time, angels, bible, camazotz, genesis, his dark materials, many waters, mitochondria, nephilim, noah, philip pullman, seraphim, tesseract, time quintet, time travel |
Bat Out of Xibalba
Picture by Abelardo A little while ago, I came across this list of lesser-known mythological monsters. One of them that interested me was the Mayan demon known as Camazotz, which basically means “death bat.” While popular culture gives vampires the … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American | Tagged a wrinkle in time, bats, camazotz, demons, hunahpu, ixchel, madeleine l'engle, popol vuh, vampire bats, vampires, xbalanque |
Shortcuts in Space-Time
Beth and I watched a documentary called How William Shatner Changed the World, hosted by Shatner and about how scientists and inventors were inspired by Star Trek. Honestly, I had trouble staying awake through the whole thing, but not because … Continue reading →
The Fantasy of the Christ
I’ve recently come across several comments on a recent essay that tries to define fantasy as a distinctly Christian genre. Both J.L. Bell and Vorjack at Unreasonable Faith have brought it up, and my immediate reaction was to dismiss the … Continue reading →
Posted in C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Judaism, Mythology, Oz, Philosophy, Religion, Science | Tagged 2001, a wrinkle in time, diane duane, eurocentrism, fantasy, gene roddenberry, jesus, madeleine l'engle, messiah, perseus, science fiction, star trek, star wars, young wizards series |