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.

Taking the Class Out of Classics

1. Because it’s always Wednesday somewhere, if only in our hearts, I just put up my Blog Gate post of the week. It’s about whether Classical or Norse mythology has better monsters, which is a dumb thing to argue about … Continue reading

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“How Many Divisions Does the Grand Ayatollah Have?”

Here’s an Iran story I didn’t see on television (which has been beyond worthless in covering the aftermath of the election, if that’s the right word): the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has apparently come out strongly against the validity … Continue reading

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Mighty Winds

1. Happy Bloomsday. 2. Stately, plump James Enge was biking last night when he (i.e. I) realized something about being middle-aged. I don’t have any first wind anymore. As recently as my thirties (which is not too recent, I guess), … Continue reading

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When Is Fantasy Not Fantasy?

In a recent and valuable appreciation of Lord Dunsany on Tor.com, Jo Walton issued the following pronouncement that sort of freaked me out. Lord Dunsany wasn’t writing fantasy, because what he was writing was defining the space in which fantasy … Continue reading

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Wolf at the Blog Gate

If it’s Wednesday, it must be time for some whining, puling excuses about why my Blog Gate post of the week is late. Only this time it’s actually early. (I was avoiding other work, naturally.) It’s just some incoherent thoughts … Continue reading

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Enge Ex Machina

It had been so long since I hit pavement that the first signals from my nerves were a little hard to decode. “Hey! Is this pain? Pain and biking don’t mix! Go back and make sure the nerves know what … Continue reading

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Scuola di Cairo?

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Magic: The Blathering

This week’s Blog Gate post is up, this one tackling the subject everyone is talking about these days: effability.

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Mashup of Two Amendments

Now everyone can participate in ongoing political debates without the trouble of formulating coherent arguments! It’s a wonderful age we live in, for however long that is. (Infamous examples here and here.)

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This and That

This: Mihir Wanchoo of Fantasy Book Critic interviews the oversigned. Herds of untold shocking revelations revealed. No one will be seated during the last fifteen minutes of this interview. Etc. That: Christian Lacroix files for bankruptcy. My first thought on … Continue reading

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