Alright, I know I've pledged to write on several topics, none of which I have. And, worse, I'm not writing anything now, either. I just wanted to link to a short post by Evan Goer (whom you've probably never heard of, but he's a pretty smart guy) on fantasy literature. He takes difference with someone who suggests that fantasy literature is "almost by definition consolatory and escapist." He even brings up China Miéville, whom I had never heard of, but apparently is a fantasy writer who is also a well-known socialist. I don't think much about modern fantasy literature as serious - other than say Tolkien, and then only as literature proper, or maybe Lewis and his theological explorations. But certainly not, say as having political implications. Not for anything being written in the Twentieth Century or later, anyway. Science fiction is naturally the genre I look to for such things. I have to say that's somewhat ironic, though, as my own attempts at fantasy writing have, as you could probably guess, been loaded with "deeper" implications. Anyway, Goer's post made me think. (And since I don't seem to have much else of interest to say at the moment...)
