Tag: Brandon Sanderson

  • Sentient Magic, Part 2

    Sentient Magic, Part 2

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    Fishbone’s First Rule of Storytelling with Gods: If you experience a deus-ex-machina ending, be prepared to suffer in the sequel. Greg R. Fishbone Programming Notes This week’s Rage, “Something Holy and Immortal,” is the 27th weekly installment of my Iliad retelling and an uninterrupted string of weekly postings in verse. It’s been a fun and…

  • Sentient Magic, Part 1

    Sentient Magic, Part 1

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    Should Greek Mythology be shelved as fantasy, paranormal, or historical? Where We Are This is the first in a series of newsletter posts looking at the Greek mythology as a magic system. These deities, once an integral part of ancient art, philosophy, and religious practice, weren’t originally created to be literary tropes. But over thousands…