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Is Your World-Building Up to Code?

While I generally find the results to be the really interesting part, I also find how fictional worlds are created to be quite intriguing. J.R.R. Tolkien is often held up as an author whose fantasy works take place in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alefgard, archenland, aslan, calormen, dragon quest ii, hyrule, lord of the rings, middle-earth, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, super mario bros. 3, telmar, the hobbit, the horse and his boy, the last battle, the legend of zelda, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the magician's nephew, the silver chair, the voyage of the dawn treader, zelda ii the adventure of link |

Take Out the Tash

While The Last Battle might well be the weakest book in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, I was always struck by the appearance of Tash, the bloodthirsty god of Calormen. This nation, located to the south of Narnia, is largely … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Islam, Judaism, Religion | Tagged arabian nights, archenland, arslan tash, aslan, babylon, bible, calormen, canaan, daniel, hell, jadis the white witch, narnia, nebuchadnezzar, prince rabadash, rishda tarkaan, shift the ape, susan pevensie, tash, the last battle |