fantasy

Fanfiction and the art of retelling stories

Fanfiction is just a devoted fan's mind asking, "What if?" 
4 October 2022, 08:30 AM

How Jules Verne’s ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’ got me through typhoid

Jules Verne opened my eyes to the wonderful world of science-fiction, a world where the pinnacle of human imagination meets the beauty of the known. 
30 September 2022, 12:50 PM

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’—One series to fail them all?

What point is Lord of the Rings making in 2022? That people are racist and wage wars? The original trilogy, from two decades ago, was making that same point.
4 September 2022, 08:01 AM

The dangerous game of Marlon James—Can genre fiction be great literature?

James seems to be saying to the establishment, to the same generous folks who once gave him the Booker and propelled him to the stratosphere: Go ahead and say this is not literature, I dare you. 
31 August 2022, 18:00 PM

Bird’s Eye View

A story from a different perspective
11 July 2022, 11:59 AM

The Fantasy of an Empty Dhaka

One recurring discourse in Dhaka, especially before and after Eid holidays, is that of an “empty” city. 
7 May 2022, 18:00 PM