{"id":43168,"date":"2025-07-07T06:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=43168"},"modified":"2025-07-06T18:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T06:37:43","slug":"whats-up-on-supernatural-underground-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2025\/07\/07\/whats-up-on-supernatural-underground-4\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Up on Supernatural Underground?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to my latest “Great Leaders in Speculative Fiction” post<\/a>, that is — which as you’ll know from last week, is honing in on a great leader who’s the antagonist rather than a hero. Still a great leader, though! So just in case you missed it, the post is here:<\/p>\n

Great Leaders in Speculative Fiction #6: Ulric in David Gemmell’s Legend<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

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But wait\u00a0 — there is definitely moar! Starting with Kim Falconer’s two-part post on The Art of Adaptation and Monsters<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Part 1<\/strong><\/a> looks at Fantasy’s traditional monsters (e.g. vampires, fae, and dragons, to name just a few) and how so many are shapechangers, but also how their representation in literature is adapting and changing.<\/p>\n

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In Part 2<\/strong><\/a>, Kim looks at some of the new twists on monsters themselves and the exciting new books they appear in. Definitely of interest for all Fantasy aficionados.<\/p>\n

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Here are the links in full:<\/p>\n

The Art of Adaptation: Fantasy Monsters Part One<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Art of Adaptation: Fantasy Monsters Part Two<\/a><\/h3>\n

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There’s also some great ‘From The Backlist’ posts to check out:<\/p>\n

Forbidden Fruit — And Don’t We Love It!<\/a> by Karina Cooper<\/h3>\n

It’s a great post — well worth clicking on through to read the full original, too.<\/p>\n

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Morgana & Arthur<\/p><\/div>\n

What Love Means<\/a><\/h3>\n

Again by Kim Falconer, this is a great post that looks at the differing Greek words for love, and how, from philia<\/em> to agape<\/em>, the love they define shapes so much storytelling.<\/p>\n

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Aragorn & Arwen<\/p><\/div>\n

In What World?<\/a> by Margaret Ronald<\/h3>\n

An indepth dive into worldbuilding and how “just add magic” affects the world and the storytelling.<\/p>\n

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Just add magic…<\/p><\/div>\n

Something for everyone, I think — so take a look! And enjoy!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In addition to my latest “Great Leaders in Speculative Fiction” post, that is — which as you’ll know from last week, is honing in on a great leader who’s the antagonist rather than a hero. Still a great leader, though! So just in case you missed it, the post is here: Great Leaders in Speculative […]<\/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-43168","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\/43168","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=43168"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43174,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43168\/revisions\/43174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}