Author Archives: JE

About JE

James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.

Good for the Gander?

Posted on July 21, 2022 by JE

Apparently the gands that appear in Gandalf and in Jǫrmungandr (the name of the world-girdling serpent in Norse myth) are really the same root. Cleasby and Vigfusson say “the exact sense of this word is somewhat dubious; it is mostly … Continue reading →

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Lang Story Short: Lang’s WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)

Posted on July 14, 2018 by JE

The movie I watched tonight while mostly avoiding exercise was Fritz Lang’s While the City Sleeps (1956), a melodrama about newspapermen, and the women who sort love them sometimes, during the hunt for a serial killer. I was hoping for … Continue reading →

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Is This Thing On? How About That Other Thing?

Posted on September 16, 2016 by JE

Thing 1: I return to the Blog Gate, writing about Phyllis Eisenstein’s brilliant Born to Exile. Thing 2: I’ve got a little series of e-books going. The first is Ambrosii, out now from Amazon worldwide. The second one, dubbed Monsters, … Continue reading →

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The Late, Late Show

Posted on July 16, 2016 by JE

I was watching TV, and for some reason there was a rather elderly Kim Basinger talking about awkward marriage proposals she’d received in her life. “But the worst,” she said, “was from Maxen Wledig.” This interested me, as Maxen Wledig … Continue reading →

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Crosspost Test from WordPress–please ignore

Posted on March 13, 2015 by JE

Happy Friday 13.

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Aged in Oaken Heroes: Heroic Fantasy & Imagined History

Posted on October 10, 2012 by JE

What is the proper setting for heroic fantasy? Sometimes it seems that the Heroic Age is like the Golden Age of Science Fiction: twelve (according to the now-elderly wisecrack). Anyway, it is widely agreed that heroic fantasy is set in … Continue reading →

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Removable Blast from the Past

Posted on August 22, 2012 by JE

In my recent move, I offloaded a bunch of my books to my office. Now I’m unboxing them and clearing off shelves and cleaning up the office. The following constitutes progress:

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ChiCon!

Posted on August 13, 2012 by JE

Here’s my schedule for ChiCon 7: Panel: “Violence in Fantasy” tagline: “The use and misuse of violence in SF and fantasy. How much is too much?” Panellists: D.H. Aire Doug Hulick James Enge, Scott Lynch (moderator) Fri. Aug. 31, 10:30 … Continue reading →

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TL;DR?

Posted on August 1, 2012 by JE

Rene Sears interviewed me for today’s edition of the Pyr newsletter, Pyr-A-Zine, in which I sound off on political systems in fantasy, history (true or feigned), what is and is not a trilogy, and the proper way to eat a … Continue reading →

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Which, Whicher, Whichest? (Keep It or Chuck It #2)

Posted on July 26, 2012 by JE

Summerscale, K. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Nowadays the hideous murder of a child needs something special to get noticed–it has to occur at a midnight showing of a Batman™ movie, or involve Cheez Whiz™, or something™. Then it can … Continue reading →

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