#british fantasy

[ibrithir-was-here]

How the heck is there not more talk about Tanith Lee??

Like my gosh, the woman wrote, according to her wiki, 90 books, over 300 short stories, two World Fantasy Awards, and was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award/Augus Derleth Award and wrote for tv shows.

Like, it's not like she just wrote a heck ton but wasn't very good! She was clearly very good she won awards, and i've read a swath of her stuff across different genres and really enjoyed most of it. I mean that even if not each one has been my cup of tea I can at least appreciate the skill and quite a lot I have truly enjoyed. She's got great prose and style and imagination. Not everything obviously was a banger, but they've all been at least well written, which is harder to come by in writing than you might think.

But nobody ever seems to talk about her?? And I feel like the fantasy crowd on here would really enjoy her stuff. The woman has done stuff in pretty much every genre from what I can see, but I never see her listed on fantasy authors like Clive Barker or Diana Wynne Jones or Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett or Diane Duane even though she was writing at the same time and has a similar sort of '80s Doing Cool Stuff with Fantasy vibe' I feel like people who like those authors would enjoy though she's very much her own style of author.

Anyway this was really just me putting out a rant that such a prolific and talented author seems to have fallen by the wayside and I think it's really a shame

Heck she even did a witch-queen fighting againt vampire Snow White a whole decade before Neil Gaiman did his phenomenal Snow Glass Apples and it's also excellent, give a look here:

#tanith lee #fantasy authors #fantasy books #70s fantasy #80s fantasy #90s fantasy #british fantasy #British writers #i dunno how to tag i just want this woman to be remembered darn it #Youtube #i hope its ok to tag the authors mentioned #not trying to spam but like also want the fan crossover to get people interested in her again? #i dont know why i'm taking this so personally xD #neil gaiman #diane duane #terry pratchett #clive barker #diana wynne jones #vampire snow white

[leonardoeatscarrots]

#fantasy #british fantasy #fantasy webcomic #webcomic #webtoon #webtoon canvas #webtoon series #webtoon recommendation #comic recommendations #webcomic recommendations #gothic horror #gothic horror comic #dark academia #light academia #romantic academia #queer comics #disabled comics #gothic mystery #mystery comics #theater #phantom of the opera #period piece #period comics

[joncronshawauthor]

Exploring the Magic of Discworld: Terry Pratchett's Fantasy World

In the often bewildering tapestry of literary fantasy, few creations are as audaciously imaginative as Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. Perched precariously on the backs of four cosmic elephants, which in turn stand atop the shell of a colossal turtle (Great A’Tuin, for the uninitiated) swimming through the vastness of space, the Discworld presents a universe that is as bizarre as it is…

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#Ankh-Morpork #British fantasy #City Watch #Death #Discworld characters #Discworld guide #Discworld novels #Discworld series #fantasy book series #fantasy literature #fantasy world exploration #humorous fantasy #Industrial Revolution #literary analysis #magical universe #Moist von Lipwig #Pratchett&039;s legacy #Rincewind #satire #Sir Terry Pratchett #standalone novels #Terry Pratchett #Tiffany Aching #witches

[dimension20official]

"Effluvia sounds better! I'm sorry that you don't have poetry in your heart!"

#effluvia #adventuring party #siobhan thompson #dimension 20 #fantasy high #british

[the-evil-clergyman]

The Moon Maiden by Frank Dicksee (1923)

#frank dicksee #art #paintings #fine art #1920s #1920s art #academicism #academism #academic art #painting #british art #british artist #fantasy #fantasy art #moon maiden #classic art

[strawberryscare]

siobhan catching that cassandra’s spouse is either a woman/nonbinary/transmasc bc of the mitochondrial mna…i love women in stem…

#maybe british people deserve rights <3 #i literally would have not known! #science is so cool!!! #siobhan thompson #fantasy high #d20 #dimension 20 #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #cassandra fantasy high

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney at the British Library event Why We Need Fantasy 20.11.2023 :) ❤

Neil: I don't remember if it was you or John M. Ford, the late Mike Ford, who pointed out to me first that there is a thing that I do that I was not aware of doing. And it was.. and I remember this being pointed out to me at the time of the publication of American Gods. Or possibly even before it was published, when I sent it out a manuscript. Because it was pointed out to me that one way that you can tell that you're entering the third act of a Neil Gaiman story is there is always a kiss that sort of ends the second act. And it's never a sort of romantic kiss. It's always a kiss that is unexpected and a little bit wrong, but it symbolizes where we're going to go next.

Roz: Yeah, that was Mike, it's too smart for me.

Neil: That was Mike. And I remember arguing with him and then him pointing out that all the places I'd done it. And then I did it again in the Anansi Boys and didn't realize that I'd done it. And then I forget about this thing. And I saw somebody on Tumblr had found an interview with me from 2002 where I'm talking about this and the kiss, and they're like, 'Still doing it then'.

:)) Yep, Neil is still doing it :D <3 (this is the tumblr post)

You can watch the whole event here :).

#good omens #neil gaiman #roz kaveney #why we need fantasy #why we need fantasy british library 2023 event #events #interview #neil interview #videos #fun fact #gos2 #season 2 #2ep6 #2i6i15 #ac kiss #american gods #anansi boys #yep :) :D <3 #s2 interview

[jq37]

If I had a gold piece for every time Fabian blew off his friends at a wild party filled with elementals to flirt with a bitchy, vaguely British elf, I'd have two gold pieces, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

#d20 #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high spoilers #dimension 20 spoilers #d20 spoilers #spoilers #lol well it's not THAT weird #clearly the boy has a type #ivy embra #aelwyn abernant #what is ivy's accent? #it sounds like...halfway between british and pirate #is it the same as garthy's? #i was vibing w/ ivy until the twister scene #now ehhhhh

[mysharona1987]

Miriam getting to that point where you are so old and honestly don’t give a fuck anymore:

#Books #films #harry potter #fantasy #british #the simpsons

[islandoforder]

brennan joking “wow real kristen thinks british people are straight” and it being the funniest joke bc siobhan is right we’re all queer

#i was joking but i actually thought about it too long and i know two straight british people total #brennan lee mulligan #ally beardsley #kristen applebees #dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high #fhjy #i live in the uk #siobhan thompson

[myteaplace]

Fairies Looking Through A Gothic Arch, c.1864, John Anster Fitzgerald (1819-1906)

#fairy fitzgerald #victorian art #victorian painting #fairy painting #fairycore #fantasy #dark fairycore #fairy passage #british artist #british art #british painter #etheral art #Dark Aesthetic #aestethic

[the-evil-clergyman]

A Fantasy of the Deep by Arthur Hopkins (1903)

#arthur hopkins #art #paintings #fine art #1900s #1900s art #academic art #academicism #academism #painting #british art #british artist #fantasy #siren #sirens #mermaid #classic art

[catherine-princess-of-wales]

#british royal family #royalty #brf #british royalty #catherine princess of wales #kate middleton #english rose #princess catherine #princess of wales #the princess of wales #prince william #fantasy

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Dune’s book cover art by British artist Bruce Pennington

#bruce pennington #dune #book #cover #cover art #illustration #vintage illustration #fantasy #r p g #art #painting #british artist

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney at the British Library event Why We Need Fantasy 20.11.2023 :) ❤

Neil: Good omens Season One was, for me, an exercise in adaptation. I'd taken something, and I wanted to turn it into something else. Good Omens Season Two, on the other hand, was just an absolute joy, because now I knew I have Jon Hamm, and I can get him to do this stuff, and he's going to be walking naked through Soho at the beginning, and everybody is going to think they're going to hate him, and instead, he's going to be this marvelous, goofy figure that they will all love but kind of hate themselves for loving, but not know if he's a bad guy, but they'll love him anyway. And over here, I will have my Crowley, and I know that I can get David Tennant to do anything now, there is nothing that he will not go for. And so I can ask him to do things that are even more ridiculous. And then over here, I've got Michael Sheen, and everybody in the whole world just wants to..., you know, it is now forgotten by humanity that once upon a time, Michael Sheen was thought of as that actor who plays the really creepy people.

Roz: Yeah. I saw him in Kingdom of Heaven the other night and thought, oh, that was Michael Sheen.

Neil: That was Michael Sheen.

Roz: The evil priest that gets killed.

Neil: He used to play... I mean, he used to play creepy people, and everybody knew that if you want a good, slimy serial killer person, you go for Michael Sheen. Currently - I got a phone call from him the other day - a little Marco Polo video message from him with the strangest haircut I've seen, and I get strange messed... you know, hair, but this one, and he's playing Prince Andrew, so he's absolutely capable of still bringing in the creep. But, you know, Michael having just become this cuddly, cinnamon roll creature of pure love and joy and knowing that everybody was just going to want to cuddle him for six episodes until I let him break their hearts. I'm sorry. Perhaps he will-

Audience member: No, you're not.

Neil: Not even the tiniest bit. There is no sorrow in that.

Roz: I was in hospital when I saw Good Omens Two and the moment I finished watching it, I texted you and said, 'You magnificent bastard.'

Watch the whole event here :).

#good omens #neil gaiman #roz kaveney #why we need fantasy #why we need fantasy british library 2023 event #events #interview #neil interview #videos #fun fact #gos2 #season 2 #jon hamm #michael sheen #david tennant #s2 interview #transcripts

[ultra-violetra]

genuinely so much happened this episode that no one’s talking about the most important part: Second Kristen

#there’s a slightly british straight version of kristen chilis applebees walking around elmville #i fee like this deserves some attention #fantasy high #fantasy high spoilers #fantasy high junior year #dimension 20