December 21, 2019

‘Can Fantasy Be Reformed?’ (2014)

By leeduigon

This blog post, back then, resulted in a wonderful article by John Dykstra in Reformed Perspective Magazine–which I’ve been able to locate, and which I’ll re-post for you tomorrow.

https://leeduigon.com/2014/04/18/can-fantasy-be-reformed/

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know how I hate fantasy cliches–the Invincible Female Warrior, the Thief With a Heart of Gold, Know-It-All Elves, etc., etc.

Fantasy can be made into a useful tool for Christ’s Kingdom–I’m totally convinced of it. But first it has to be straightened out.

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About leeduigon

I have lived in Metuchen, NJ, all my life. I have been married to my wife Patricia since 1977. I am a former newspaper editor and reporter. I was also the owner-operator of my own small business for several years. I wrote various novels and short stories published during 1980s and 1990s. I am a long-time student of judo and Japanese swordsmanship (kenjutsu). I also play chess, basketball, and military and sports simulations. View all posts by leeduigon

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 21st, 2019 at 8:50 am and tagged with christian fantasy, fantasy cliches, how to write fantasy, John Dykstra, Reformed Perspective Magazine, The Art of Writing and posted in Fantasy Criticism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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5 responses to “‘Can Fantasy Be Reformed?’ (2014)”

• weavingword
  December 22nd, 2019 at 10:35 am

  You know I agree with you, Lee! 🙂 I am hoping to be part of that reformation movement myself. So what book was “Laura” writing? (From the comments in 2014) I might check it out if you know…

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  • leeduigon
    December 22nd, 2019 at 11:01 am

    Oh, I reviewed that–see “Where the Music Ends.”

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• onlytales
  December 23rd, 2019 at 4:38 am

  great content..keep it up.

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• thewhiterabbit2016
  December 23rd, 2019 at 4:58 pm

  I agree, especially those invincible females beating up male hunks. J. R. Rowling hasn’t too badly with all the cliche characters. At least she knows we are biologically male of female by our sex organs.

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  • leeduigon
    December 23rd, 2019 at 5:13 pm

    She tried to be woke and it got her nowhere.

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