{"id":42112,"date":"2024-05-02T12:01:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=42112"},"modified":"2024-05-02T12:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:01:47","slug":"new-on-supernatural-underground-now-the-year-of-the-villain-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2024\/05\/02\/new-on-supernatural-underground-now-the-year-of-the-villain-4\/","title":{"rendered":"New on Supernatural Underground Now: The Year of the Villain #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was May 1 and you know what that means —<\/p>\n

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OK, OK, I know it means May Day in the Northern Hemisphere, with morris dancing in the UK and similar festivities elsewhere, as well as May Day parades celebrating the labour movement. When I lived in Sweden, bonfires were always lit on the preceding evening, celebrating Valborgsmassafton (aka Valpurgis Night) with the big labour and related marches the next day. Definitely a time of festivity.<\/p>\n

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Somewhere, I hope many-wheres, daffodils are flowering.<\/p><\/div>\n

But here, on my ‘umble blog (penned in the Southern Hemisphere, where we’re moving deeper into autumn rather than spring), the chief matter of note is that May 1 meant another post on the Supernatural Underground. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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Maybe not quite huzza and handspring time, but I am pleased to share that #4 in the Year of the Villain in Fantasy is now live. This month, as per the title,\u00a0 I’m focusing on Alan Garner’s classic Elidor<\/em> <\/strong>and the menace and terror of formless evil:<\/p>\n

The Year of the Villain #4: \u201cElidor\u201d and Formless Evil<\/a><\/h3>\n

In terms of the post series, I’m endeavouring to feature examples that illuminate a treatment of villainy and evil within fantasy literature that I believe is distinctive.<\/p>\n

In terms of Elidor<\/em><\/strong> and Alan Garner’s formless evil, I’m hardpressed to think of another contender — so please do let me know in the comments if you can. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Although when it comes to fear of the unknown and the ability of elemental forces to engender terror, my mind always turns to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick<\/em>. They are very different books — one is a slender volume and the other a weighty tome, for starters \ud83d\ude00 — but in that respect I do perceive an overlap.<\/p>\n

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