Based on anecdotal evidence, complaints about the genre being “pure escapism”, “childish” and “uninteresting” are common. There are also reviews which accuse fantasy literature of being “formulaic”, “out of touch” and even “outdated”.
The correspondence was part of an exchange between Tolkien and the British Council about funding for his research collaboration with his former Oxford student, Simonne d’Ardenne.
James seems to be saying to the establishment, to the same generous folks who once gave him the Booker and propelled him to the stratosphere: Go ahead and say this is not literature, I dare you.
The Witcher , the fantasy epic based on the fictional universe created by the Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, has joined for the second time the Top 10 list of Netflix s most-viewed TV shows of all.
Here’s a look at the twisted journeys of some of the characters who’ve managed to make it from 2011’s season one to Sunday’s premiere of season eight of.