A Surfeit of Quarters
Recently in Limerick I came across this: Earlier that day I had been in Limerick’s Fashion Quarter: I must admit on the Saturday afternoon before Christmas there wasn’t…
Tag: In the Maul they could carouse and roar as they liked, for honest people shunned the quarters, and watchmen, well paid with stained coins, did not interfere with their sport
That Damn Family. Part 3 (of 4) nthposition.com , March/April 2008
Here there is a great dollop of exposition in the best declamatory style – including the word “yeomen”. Indeed, “local yeomen”. In the phrase “gathering local yeomen”. Ahem. Part 1…
Review of The Sword and Sorcery Anthology, edited by David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman, SF Site, 2012
Inadvertently, the last two posts here have provoked reflections on how I fell out of love with fantasy (and a somewhat lesser extent science fiction) – so this review continues that theme. I…
