BFS Journal #26: Nature in Fantasy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1919167897 ISBN 13: 9781919167893

Verlag: Goldendark, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

In this special issue on the Nature of Fantasy, we have a fecund cross-section of scholarship and discussion. Alongside our Regular Features, where Oliver Holingdale discusses the creation of his short film, The Green Knight, I explore eco-activism and 'The Art of Revolt' through the form of the graphic novel with the help of the remarkable talents of Luke Oram in our special preview strip 'The Gest of Lob Barleycorn and the Guizers', we have Special Features on how tabletop roleplaying games provide a ludic, democratic space for exploring environmental issues through the rise in ecogames in Chloé Germaine's article on 'Fantasy, the Anthropocene, and Tabletop Gaming; and in 'Fear's Messenger: Monstrous Nature' by Eilís L. Phillips we look at how the increasingly frequent extreme weather events of anthropogenic Climate Change are 'monstered'. Embracing the full spectrum of Fantasy in all of its myriad forms, we go to the theatre to discuss the development of the play celebrating the neglected figure of Mary de Morgan in 'The Vegan Tigress' by Claire Parker. In 'Awakening the Goddess: Neo-Animism, Eco-Spirituality, and Ritualistic Care in Harvest Moon' by Sam Campbell, we look at how an example of ecoFantasy can explore resonant themes and belief systems. Finally, in our Reviews we focus on primarily works that have a green aspect of some kind: Tiger's Work by Ben Okri, Scuttler's Cove by David Barnett, Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country by Emily Tesh, The Vegan Tigress by Claire Parker, Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings, and The Chronicles of Future Earth Player's Guide by Sarah Newton. Among our other Regular Features Anna Milon looks at filming in LARP, Katy Soar delves into the ancient roots of Horror, Alexandra Beaumont considers the ecological aspects of Folk Horror, Lauren McMenemy takes a bite at the vampire in the first of a 3-part series, and PS Livingstone considers the hag, the crone, and the monstrous feminine in folklore, popular culture, and fiction. We also have some other 'miscellaneous' features: one on the biography of Conan author, Robert E. Howard; and another of what I hope will be a regular series: In Conversation With, where I inter- view writers of Fantastika. This issue we meet the amazing Grimdark author, Anna Smith Spark.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Goldendark
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1919167897
• ISBN 13: 9781919167893
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 180
• Herausgeber: Manwaring Kevan
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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