Story Archives of 'Fantasy'

Science fiction writers and readers often make big distinctions bewteen the subgenres within their craft. We're going to explore part of that world tonight with authors James Patrick Kelly and Maren Tirabassi. Kelly's newest book Burn has been nominated for a Nebula Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Maren Tirabassi is a former poet laureate of Portsmouth, a pastor in the United Church of Christ, and the author or editor of eleven books. She presents programs as part of the New Hampshire Humanities Council on “Faith and Fantastic Fiction."

Check out the list of books and programs related to Speculative Fiction that the New Hampshire Humanities Council is presenting during all of 2007.

New England writer H.P. Lovecraft lived an unpublished life as a horror, fantasy and science fiction writer during the early/mid 1900's. Today his appeal is huge; his work is dark, sometimes weird, and highly imaginative. We're going to look at the life and mind of H.P. Lovecraft in anticipation of this weekend's Lovecraft in Vermont festival in Brattleboro.

Our guest is Stephen Bisset, cartoonist, writer and instructor at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Steve is highly regarded as an expert in Lovecraft film adaptations, and he'll be presenting some of those films at this weekend's event.

"The Lord of the Rings" is one of the best-selling fantasy series of all time and the movie version hits the big screen tomorrow. Michael Stanton is a professor at the University of Vermont and he has just written a book entitled, "Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards: Exploring the Wonders and Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings." Stanton says that "The Lord of the Rings" is only a small part of the fictional world that was created by J.R.R. Tolkien. He discusses the trilogy and the man who wrote it.