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Losing Control of the Narrative

Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria, by Lin Carter – I believe this was Carter’s first published book, a sword-and-sorcery tale about another barbarian warrior in the same vein as Conan, whom he’d also go on to write. Set in … Continue reading →

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The Unreal World

I’d seen this map, created by Dan Meth, a few times before. It just showed up on Tumblr, and I love all the commentary it’s generated. I appreciate that Meth included places from television, movies, and video games (well, one … Continue reading →

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Heroes and Villains and Cows

Home on the Range – The forty-fifth movie in the official series of Disney animated films was originally planned to be the last to use traditional animation, although Disney later released two others. The style of this one was very … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Music, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged alameda slim, bonnie raitt, buck the horse, cuba gooding jr, dumbo, grace the cow, home on the range, jennifer tilly, judi dench, k.d. lang, maggie the cow, mr. wesley, mrs. caloway, rico, roseanne, steve buscemi, the pied piper of hamelin, tim mcgraw, willie brothers |

Paying the Piper

I’m sure you know about the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the fairy tale character who was hired by a town in Germany to use his pipes to lure the rats out of the city and drown them. When the town … Continue reading →

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