Jane Hardy
According to the Irish Film Institute, “Of his four Academy Awards for Best Director – still a record – two were for “The Informer” and “The Quiet Man,” the other two for films whose stories offered very clear Irish parallels: “The Grapes of Wrath” (dispossessed farmers) and “H...
(3)ROTHFUSS NOVELLA ANNOUNCED.Patrick Rothfuss returns to the universe he conjured in the Kingkiller Chronicle withThe Narrow Road Between Desires, an expansion and reimagining of his storyThe Lightning Tree, illustrated by Nate Taylor. Announced by Rothfuss viaTwitchand hisblog,The Narrow Road Betwe...
We can have stories that mix hard and soft magic, as in theHarry Potterseries. Moving pictures, transparent ghosts: soft magic, not used for conflict resolutions. Spells in Latin that must be learned, practiced, and pronounced correctly, potions that must be mixed with proper ingredients: hard...