"Fantasy is an easy way to give meaning to the world. To cloak our harsh reality with escapist comfort. After all, isn't that why we surround ourselves with so many screens? So we can avoid seeing? So we can avoid each other? So we can avoid truth?"
You all are literally aren’t even ready for the majesty of animorphs. You’re not ready for six child guerilla soldiers to slot themselves into specialized roles to more effectively commit some of the most no-punches-pulled atrocities you’ve ever seen
Piranesi is being made into a film by the folks who did Coraline, Susanna Clarke has a new novella coming out in October, set in the world of Strange & Norrell ... it's been a fantastic week for fans of the world's best living author.
[Frank Herbert at work on his opus]
Dune: Paul is a dangerous guy
Dune Messiah: who does terrible things
Children of Dune: and look at the mess he made
God of Emperor of Dune: because he didn’t go far enough!!!
Heretics/Chapterhouse: still v scared of sex btw
Denis Villeneuve singlehandedly saving the West by cutting 3-4 more references to arabic or islam from Dune 2, thus preventing millions of Orientalist white boys from trying to join hezbollah