Category — Epic

Barnes’ alternate history explores the evolution of slavery and racial formations in a world where the West never rose to prominence. The New World is in the process of being conquered by various African empires, and both women and enslaved whites are starting to buck up for independence. This is a very cool context — [...]

Hmm. It’s a toss-up. On the one hand, Roberson’s writing at full force here. All the delightful sensory details that made the dry deserty world of Tiger and Del a reality are present. You can feel the dust coating your face in Roberson’s lushly realized world. And she neatly establishes that it’s a world in [...]

Little by little, I’m continuing with my reports from the panels I attended at WisCon 31.
On Saturday afternoon, I attended the “Three Comrades Go on a Quest…” panel, moderated by Janine Ellen Young and featuring Leah Bobet, Laurie J. Marks, Meghan McCarron and Hilary Moon Murphy:

So many of the traditional fantasy tropes rely upon distinctions [...]