{"id":34696,"date":"2017-09-04T06:25:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T18:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=34696"},"modified":"2017-09-03T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T03:24:09","slug":"on-supernatural-now-in-appreciation-building-on-the-past-helen-lowes-the-wall-of-night-series-a-guest-post-by-paul-weimer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2017\/09\/04\/on-supernatural-now-in-appreciation-building-on-the-past-helen-lowes-the-wall-of-night-series-a-guest-post-by-paul-weimer\/","title":{"rendered":"On Supernatural Now: &#8220;In Appreciation: Building on the Past &#038; Helen Lowe\u2019s The Wall of Night Series&#8221; \u2014 A Guest Post By Paul Weimer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/02\/21\/something-new-on-the-supernatural-underground\/supelogo_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28238\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28238\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Supelogo_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Supelogo_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Supelogo_2.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a>As a member of Team <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supernatural Underground<\/a>, I&#8217;m delighted to host SFF genre writer and afficionado, <a href=\"http:\/\/skyseastone.net\/jvstin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Weimer<\/a>, as an SU guest this month.<\/p>\n<p>Paul&#8217;s topic is the evolution of epic fantasy as a distinct subgenre of speculative fiction, which he charts from its contemporary inception. he has also used <a href=\"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wall Of Night<\/a> series as an example of the latest, &#8220;Fourth Era&#8221; of epic fantasy &#8212; there&#8217;s a wee bit of discussion going in the comments, too, about the evolution of the Fantasy heroine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30067\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/09\/17\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-heir-of-night-eria\/heirofnight_new_small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30067\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30067\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30067\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_new_small-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_new_small-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_new_small.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11181\" style=\"width: 105px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/no-i-didnt-forget\/bigheirofnightmmuk-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11181\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11181\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11181\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK3-95x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK3-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK3-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK3-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So if any or all of this sounds your cup of tea (or dram of something stronger \ud83d\ude09 ) then click on through and check out:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.co.nz\/2017\/09\/in-appreciation-building-on-past-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In Appreciation: Building on the Past &amp; Helen Lowe\u2019s <em>The Wall of Night<\/em> Series<br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">About Paul Weimer:<\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_30812\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/12\/21\/an-avid-reader-special-paul-weimers-top-5-reads-of-2015\/paul-weimer\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30812\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30812\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Paul-Weimer-150x90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Paul-Weimer-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Paul-Weimer-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Paul-Weimer.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Weimer<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">For those who do not already know Paul,\u00a0\u00a0is a writer, gamer, blogger, podcaster, photographer, and ubiquitous genre enthusiast. Paul was a regular contributor to the former (and much missed) SF Signal and is currently part of the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/skiffyandfanty.com\/\">Skiffy and Fanty Show<\/a>team. Recently, his articles have also appeared on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/\">TOR.com<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/blog\/sci-fi-fantasy\/\">B&amp;N SciFi &amp; Fantasy Blog<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">To\u00a0find out more, check out Paul&#8217;s\u00a0<a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"http:\/\/skyseastone.net\/jvstin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Blog, Jvstin Style<\/b><\/a>\u00a0or follow him on Twitter:<b><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/princejvstin?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@princejvstin<\/a><\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a member of Team Supernatural Underground, I&#8217;m delighted to host SFF genre writer and afficionado, Paul Weimer, as an SU guest this month. Paul&#8217;s topic is the evolution of epic fantasy as a distinct subgenre of speculative fiction, which he charts from its contemporary inception. he has also used The Wall Of Night series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,26,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-epicfantasy","category-guest-blog-posts","category-supernatural-underground"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34696"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34701,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34696\/revisions\/34701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}