Fantasy is once again resurgent on our television screens. "House of the Dragon," a spin-off of the mega-hit "Game of Thrones," is in the middle of its first season. Meanwhile, Amazon has launched "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," one of the most expensive television productions ever made. As a fan of genre fiction, I suppose I should be celebrating. Instead, I can't help but be frustrated. The genre of fantasy includes countless weird and fascinating works, including the award-winning "Broken Earth" trilogy published in just the past few years. Yet several of the novels being adapted are epic fantasy stories published in the 1990s. What about everything else?
The following is a list of fantasy works I believe would make excellent television. Some are set in other worlds, others are set in ours. Some are short stories, others are long-running works of webfiction. I sought to...
The following is a list of fantasy works I believe would make excellent television. Some are set in other worlds, others are set in ours. Some are short stories, others are long-running works of webfiction. I sought to...
- 9/7/2022
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
Alana Joli Abbott Feb 10, 2020
Our ongoing roundup of the best serial fiction out there has just been updated with lots of new entries!
Serial fiction has come a long way since Dickens was writing--and publishing--it in the 1800s. Whether they draw on the style of Dickens, modeling after that popular serial storytelling venue (your television), or playing a game of exquisite corpse, serials have come back in a big way, bringing bite sized chunks of prose to your e-reading device. Some are written by a team of writers in Hollywood style, some by a single author emulating that screen narrative format, and some by one author after another (and no one knows where the story will end until it does). Each of these writing styles brings a unique serial reading experience in a fantastic variety of genres. Whether your taste runs to historical fiction (Julian Fellowes's Belgravia), urban fantasy...
Our ongoing roundup of the best serial fiction out there has just been updated with lots of new entries!
Serial fiction has come a long way since Dickens was writing--and publishing--it in the 1800s. Whether they draw on the style of Dickens, modeling after that popular serial storytelling venue (your television), or playing a game of exquisite corpse, serials have come back in a big way, bringing bite sized chunks of prose to your e-reading device. Some are written by a team of writers in Hollywood style, some by a single author emulating that screen narrative format, and some by one author after another (and no one knows where the story will end until it does). Each of these writing styles brings a unique serial reading experience in a fantastic variety of genres. Whether your taste runs to historical fiction (Julian Fellowes's Belgravia), urban fantasy...
- 12/16/2015
- Den of Geek
Alana Joli Abbott Oct 11, 2018
Our ongoing roundup of the best serial fiction out there has just been updated with lots of new entries!
Serial fiction has come a long way since Dickens was writing--and publishing--it in the 1800s. Whether they draw on the style of Dickens, modeling after that popular serial storytelling venue (your television), or playing a game of exquisite corpse, serials have come back in a big way, bringing bite sized chunks of prose to your e-reading device. Some are written by a team of writers in Hollywood style, some by a single author emulating that screen narrative format, and some by one author after another (and no one knows where the story will end until it does). Each of these writing styles brings a unique serial reading experience in a fantastic variety of genres. Whether your taste runs to historical fiction (Julian Fellowes's Belgravia), urban fantasy...
Our ongoing roundup of the best serial fiction out there has just been updated with lots of new entries!
Serial fiction has come a long way since Dickens was writing--and publishing--it in the 1800s. Whether they draw on the style of Dickens, modeling after that popular serial storytelling venue (your television), or playing a game of exquisite corpse, serials have come back in a big way, bringing bite sized chunks of prose to your e-reading device. Some are written by a team of writers in Hollywood style, some by a single author emulating that screen narrative format, and some by one author after another (and no one knows where the story will end until it does). Each of these writing styles brings a unique serial reading experience in a fantastic variety of genres. Whether your taste runs to historical fiction (Julian Fellowes's Belgravia), urban fantasy...
- 12/16/2015
- Den of Geek
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