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Then and Now, AKA She Who Walked Away From CSF… and What Would Bring Her Back

Change looks to be good. That small vision the CBA had when it came to SF is now irrelevant to me, the reader; but it cheers me to see more fantasy (even if it’s mostly YA) flying off their presses.
— Mirtika Schultz in February 2014 —

Part VII Of How To Bring Myths & Fairy Tales Back From The Dead & Into The Light: Lewis’ TILL WE HAVE FACES

So, Orual changes Psyche’s life and her own by forcing her sister, by threat of killing Psyche and herself rather than let Psyche continue living under a delusion (as Orual sees it), to light a lamp and see who her […]
— Mirtika Schultz in December 2006 —

Part VI Of How To Bring Myths & Fairy Tales Back From The Dead & Into The Light: Lewis’ TILL WE HAVE FACES

Do we always know why we do things? Generally, in fairy tales and myths, yes, characters are driven by simple motives that are right there, up front. In TILL WE HAVE FACES, unknown motives (at least unknown to the protagonist) […]
— Mirtika Schultz in December 2006 —

Part Four Of How To Bring Myths & Fairy Tales Back From The Dead and Into The Light: From Wolves To Lewis’ “Soul”

ChrisD was the only one brave enough to submit some variations on what one could do with a wolf tale and a wolf Scripture. Thanks, Chris. Anyone else game? Okay, off the top of my head, here’s how I’d begin […]
— Mirtika Schultz in November 2006 —

Part Three: How To Bring Myths & Fairy Tales Back From The Dead & Into The Light

Do not throw stones at ravens. I said last week: “Ravens? What have ravens to do with anything?” Well, in myths and fairy tales—and symbolically—quite a bit. Odin had two, Hunnin and Munnin, thought and memory by meaning, and they […]
— Mirtika Schultz in November 2006 —

“Samaritan” By Connie Willis: Is It CSF? What Can We Learn As Writers and Readers?

I hope some of you have had a chance to read the story that I’m analyzing today. Connie Willis is a supremely skilled writer of SF fiction, and I have a personal preference for her short works. Like the Yolen […]
— Mirtika Schultz in August 2006 —

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