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.

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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And Now… This!

Posted on July 25, 2012 by JE

Courtesy of Pyr-O-Mania, here’s the full-cover spread for A Guile of Dragons.

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Night Thoughts About Aurora

Posted on July 20, 2012 by JE

Grim news from Colorado today: a dozen people killed and dozens more wounded by the proverbial lone gunman at a premiere of The Dark Knight Rises David Sirota suggests that the crime be declared as “terrorism”. His point is that … Continue reading →

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So “That” Happened

Posted on July 18, 2012 by JE

Probably futile to fight against a sticky idea simply on the basis of its falsehood, but here goes. President Obama said something last week about success which was not only true, but obviously true. Then some people pulled themselves up … Continue reading →

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“Enos Marmor Iuvato!”

Posted on July 17, 2012 by JE

Movies don’t generally do space adventure well. The best sf movies involving space travel are mostly science fantasy (e.g. the Star Wars franchise). Which I also like, but which is different. So I was excited to hear about Mars, an … Continue reading →

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Keep It or Chuck It?

Posted on July 13, 2012 by JE

I moved at the beginning of May this year, for the first time in ten years, and the event reminded me of something I had been vaguely conscious of for a long while: I own too many books. At one … Continue reading →

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Tosher

Posted on July 12, 2012 by JE

I hate it when people start a piece of writing with “According to Webster’s Dictionary” or similar cringes before the audience. But whenever I think of Daniel Tosh (which is seldom) I can’t help but think of the (British English) … Continue reading →

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