{"id":39410,"date":"2021-08-02T12:06:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T00:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=39410"},"modified":"2021-08-02T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T00:06:35","slug":"on-supernatural-underground-now-more-magic-in-fantasy-lighting-the-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2021\/08\/02\/on-supernatural-underground-now-more-magic-in-fantasy-lighting-the-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"On Supernatural Underground Now: More Magic In Fantasy &#8212; Lighting The Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36221\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Supelogo_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Yep, it&#8217;s definitely that time: 1 August rocked around yesterday and that means I posted Instalment 8 &#8212; yes, <em>eight!<\/em> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/happy-new-year-ushering-in-year-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magic In Fantasy series<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supernatural Underground<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, I&#8217;m honing in on books that have really lit a spark with me because of their magic &#8212; very often for other reasons, too, but it&#8217;s the magic that&#8217;s the raison d&#8217;etre for this series. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Following last month&#8217;s approach, I&#8217;m looking at three authors, and also aiming to feature a range of Fantasy subgenres and time periods. That&#8217;s so the post and the series is not all about either just &#8220;the new&#8221; or &#8220;only older&#8221; works.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37594\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37594\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37594\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dungeoneer-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dungeoneer-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dungeoneer-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dungeoneer-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dungeoneer-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dungeoneer.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magic in the mix&#8230;<br \/>Art Credit: PJ Fitzpatrick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This month&#8217;s authors are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ursulakleguin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ursula Le Guin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shadowsoftheapt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adrian Tchaikovsky<\/a>, and NZ&#8217;s own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annasmaill.com\/the-chimes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anna Smaill.<\/a> To check out why they&#8217;ve rocked my Magic in Fantasy world, please do rock on over and check out da post. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2021\/07\/more-magic-in-fantasy-lighting-spark.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More Magic In Fantasy &#8212; Lighting The Spark<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35020\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/A-Wizard-of-Earthsea-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/A-Wizard-of-Earthsea-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/A-Wizard-of-Earthsea-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/A-Wizard-of-Earthsea.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4296\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Dragonfly-Falling-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Dragonfly-Falling-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Dragonfly-Falling-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Dragonfly-Falling.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28207\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Chimes_The-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Chimes_The-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Chimes_The-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Chimes_The-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Chimes_The.jpg 1045w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, it&#8217;s definitely that time: 1 August rocked around yesterday and that means I posted Instalment 8 &#8212; yes, eight! in the Magic In Fantasy series on Supernatural Underground. Once again, I&#8217;m honing in on books that have really lit a spark with me because of their magic &#8212; very often for other reasons, too, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-writers","category-supernatural-underground"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39410","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=39410"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39418,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39410\/revisions\/39418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}