Tag Archives: the light fantastic

Fearsome Furnishings

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Nathan

Living versions of inanimate objects are common in fiction. The Oz books have a lot of them, although most of them are friendly. There are, however, many animated objects that are deadly, especially in role-playing games. I was recently thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Games, Jack Snow, Kid Icarus, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Terry Pratchett, Video Games | Tagged angler whelk, anglerfish, bag of devouring, canniboxes, demon wall, doorbusters, doors, dragon quest iii, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy iv, final fantasy vi, hidon, interesting times, kid icarus uprising, luggage, mad piano, manticores, mimics, mimicuties, piano, piranha plants, pit, rincewind, super mario 64, super mario rpg, the colour of magic, the light fantastic, the magical mimics in oz, trap doors, treasure chests, tv tropes, twoflower, urnexpected | Leave a comment

In Memoriam: Terry Pratchett

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Nathan

One of my favorite writers died today at the age of sixty-six. I can’t recall exactly how I got interested in Pratchett’s work, but I think part of it was due to the fact that he occasionally referenced my favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Humor, In Memoriam, Music, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, They Might Be Giants | Tagged ankh-morpork, arthur dent, ford prefect, foul ole ron, good omens, men at arms, nation, rincewind, soul music, stephen baxter, the colour of magic, the light fantastic, the long earth, the long mars, twoflower | Leave a comment

Magic Genes

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Nathan

I mentioned in my last post how the manifestation of the Force through midichlorians in Jedi blood, thereby giving a biological component to magical and spiritual power, was sort of elitist. That got me thinking about the connection between magic … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Discworld, Families, Genetics, Harry Potter, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Science, Star Wars, Terry Pratchett | Tagged anakin skywalker, archchancellor mustrum ridcully, death, equal rites, fairies, glinda, granny weatherwax, hermione granger, j.k. rowling, lily weatherwax, midichlorians, moving pictures, muggles, nanny ogg, octarine, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, rincewind, salazar slytherin, sith, sourcery, squibs, the colour of magic, the light fantastic, unseen university, victor tugelbend, voldemort, witches, wizard of oz, wizards | 5 Comments

The Virgin and the Houri

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Nathan

It’s a popular notion these days that Islamic terrorists believe they’ll be rewarded with seventy-two virgins in Paradise. Why seventy-two? There’s somewhat of a justification for this, but as usual the meme only tells part of the story. The Quran … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Islam, Religion, Terry Pratchett | Tagged hadith, heaven, houri, muhammad, nephilim, paradise, quran, rincewind, terrorism, the light fantastic | 2 Comments

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