{"id":39589,"date":"2021-10-04T06:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T17:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=39589"},"modified":"2021-10-02T18:11:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T05:11:39","slug":"on-supernatural-underground-now-magic-in-fantasy-10-the-magic-of-sf-nal-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2021\/10\/04\/on-supernatural-underground-now-magic-in-fantasy-10-the-magic-of-sf-nal-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic In Fantasy #10 \u2013 The Magic of SF-nal Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, it\u2019s October, and that means not only another <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/magic-in-fantasy-magic-of-sf-nal-worlds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Supernatural Underground<\/strong><\/a> post, but instalment #10 of my <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/happy-new-year-ushering-in-year-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magic In Fantasy<\/a> year.<\/p>\n<p>This month I\u2019m looking at three works that are essentially fantasy, but where the all-pervading magic operates within a (broadly) science fictional setting.<\/p>\n<p>The three books in the spotlight are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>The Gate Of Ivory<\/em><\/strong> by Doris Egan (1969)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Trail Of Lightning<\/em> <\/strong>by Rebecca Roanhorse (2019)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Harrow the Ninth<\/em><\/strong> by Tamsyn Muir (2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To find out why I heart their magical vibe, do not hesitate or pass \u2018go\u2019 \u2013 head right on over to Supernatural Underground and read on. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/magic-in-fantasy-magic-of-sf-nal-worlds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magic In Fantasy: the Magic of SF-nal Worlds<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39590\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Gate-of-Ivory_Egan-174x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Gate-of-Ivory_Egan-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Gate-of-Ivory_Egan-87x150.jpg 87w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Gate-of-Ivory_Egan.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39435\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Trail-of-Lightning-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Trail-of-Lightning-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Trail-of-Lightning-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Trail-of-Lightning.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38690\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Harrow-the-Ninth-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Harrow-the-Ninth-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Harrow-the-Ninth-98x150.png 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Harrow-the-Ninth.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, it\u2019s October, and that means not only another Supernatural Underground post, but instalment #10 of my Magic In Fantasy year. This month I\u2019m looking at three works that are essentially fantasy, but where the all-pervading magic operates within a (broadly) science fictional setting. The three books in the spotlight are: The Gate Of Ivory [&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-39589","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\/39589","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=39589"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39594,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39589\/revisions\/39594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}