Stellt euch vor, ihr könntet alleine mit eurer Fantasie Dinge erschaffen. Was würdet ihr tun?
Michaela Göhr: Der Fantast
Eine #rezension:
https://www.findosbuecher.com/?p=8969
#buchbubble #literatur #leseliebe
#books #buch #fantasy #wirlesenfrauen #wirlesenunabhängig
The creator of Dread Delusion is making a turn-based JRPG set in another Morrowindy fantasy world - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-creator-of-dread-delusion-is-making-a-turn-based-jrpg-set-in-another-morrowindy-fantasy-world #MultiplayerCompetitive #RPG:Turn-based #Entropy(2026) #Thirdperson #Simulation #StoryRich #Artplant #Strategy #Fantasy #MMORPG #RPG #PC
No Man's Sky's Voyagers update adds in big custom ships crewed by you and your mates - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/no-mans-skys-voyagers-update-adds-in-big-custom-ships-crewed-by-you-and-your-mates #MultiplayerCompetitive #MultiplayerCooperative #ActionAdventure #NintendoSwitch #VirtualReality #XboxSeriesX/S #SinglePlayer #Exploration #Firstperson #Thirdperson #LightNoFire #NoMan'sSky #Simulation #HelloGames #OpenWorld #505Games #XboxOne #Fantasy #Indie #PS4 #Mac #PS5 #RPG #PC
#AskFedi question for #Bookstodon:
I've really been into Harry Potter again lately.
But you know, that is its own can of worms - the older I get, the more apparent it is that it's a book with terrible messaging by a terrible author.
Can you recommend other fantasy series that I could get into?
What I specifically loved about Harry Potter was the feeling that there's a huge society beyond what our protagonists experience out there.
Other countries' wizarding societies, schools, customs, histories, all that make my imagination race. I loved hearing, reading and thinking about what the wizarding world looked like in, say, Bulgaria, and getting random tidbits about how life is different there.
I'd love a series that satisfies the same itch.
I finally got through the multiple hours of the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit (extended editions). They were pretty cool but I was left a little cool by the fact that they were just complete male hero fantasies and the female characters, few as they were, were just there as two dimensional supports for the men. Even Galadriel who is supposedly so powerful was only there to spend most of her power helping Gandalf. Eowyn was lost in love for Aragorn, who was utterly emotionally unavailable to her. Tauriel tried to give her life for Kili, who she just met.
That sort of thing leaves me feeling cool towards the franchise. The patriarchy in the stories is too glaring to overlook. Female characters aren't fully fleshed individuals. They're just background noise.
#Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #TheHobbit
#Fantasy #Feminism #Patriarchy
Writing Epic Fantasy the Historical Fiction Way: Lessons from Dorothy Dunnett’s The Game of Kings
Marie Brennan’s 5 lessons from Dunnett – how to:
️Use Omniscient Narration️Write Dynamic Politics️Write a Fight Scene️Write a Good Gary Stu️Include Women
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https://books2read.com/DemonForPresident
In 2024, the stakes have never been higher, because a demon is running for President of the United States, as both a Republican and a Democrat! Can his half-demon nemesis, the Hunter, and her allies in the Ashen Blades bring him down in time to save American politics? If not, the USA may just get a Demon for President!
@fantasy
#author #indieauthor #books #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction #satire #politicalsatire #politics
https://troet.cafe/@Merlin_the_Cat2/115082712824997460
Merlin_the_Cat2 - #Cats #Hörgeschichten
Miau! In dieser (#Fantasy -)Geschichte zum Hören für Menschen mit und ohne #DIS / #kPTBS / #Trauma werden einige spannende Geheimnisse um meine Familie gelüftet. Viel Spaß. Euer Merlin. 
https://www.merlin-der-zauberkater.de/10.2-familiengeheimnisse-h%C3%B6rfassung/
Nur weil man tot ist, muss man ja nicht gleich seinen Lieblingsberuf aufgeben. Wie siehst du das? #buchempfehlung #fantasy #cozyfantasy #spuk #buchempfehlung #leseliebe #lesen #buchliebe #bücher #indiebuecher #selfpublishing
Quite possibly my favourite mechanical pencil brand to date - NicPro. I’m grateful I’ve accumulated a sizable pile before the tariffs.
Fediverse - what mechanical pencils do you like for detail work?
#Rezension #Antifaschismus #Fantasy #Magie „Anarchie Déco 1930“ ist noch spannender, noch mutiger, noch spektakulärer und engagierter, als der Auftakt. Im alternativen 1930 missbrauchen die Nazis die Entdeckung der Magie systematisch für ihre perfide Machtergreifung. Nike, Sando und Georgette müssen das Schlimmste verhindern. Der Roman zeigt mit phantastischen Elementen, was uns droht, wenn Autokraten Hightech wie digitale Medien und KI für ihre Zwecke missbrauchen. https://www.booknerds.de/2025/08/j-c-vogt-anarchie-dco-1930-buch/
https://hahn-und-helden.de/ - am 20.09. findet in Duisburg die Hahn & Helden Fantasy-Buchmesse und Cosplay-Convention statt! Ich bringe Schattenfall, Andrea, ein wenig Grusel und natürlich Helena und Falk. Wenn ihr also in der Gegend seid und Hallo sagen wollt, kommt vorbei! #HahnundHelden #Buchmesse #Fantasy #Cosplay
Miau! In dieser (#Fantasy -)Geschichte zum Hören für Menschen mit und ohne #DIS / #kPTBS / #Trauma werden einige spannende Geheimnisse um meine Familie gelüftet. Viel Spaß. Euer Merlin.
https://www.merlin-der-zauberkater.de/10.2-familiengeheimnisse-h%C3%B6rfassung/
Astounding vol. 14, no. 5 (January 1935)
This is absolutely wild. Is that you-are-now-rectangles thing actually *happening* to the guy at the back, and if so why isn't he dead? Is it being caused by the giant Tiffany lamp from hell being implausibly supported by the other guy? There are always surprises in these covers.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v14n05_1935-01_Missing_ifcibcbc_RS
Ich habe eine Rezension zu "E. R. Aranyos: Shapes of Diversity – In fremden Gewässern" geschrieben. Ein erotischer Fantasy-Roman, der nicht nur unterhält, sondern auch aufklärt.
https://carolin-lueders.de/e-r-aranyos-shapes-of-diversity-in-fremden-gewaessern/
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"Excuse me!" the fairy interrupted "You are both mortals in the lands of the Summer Queen. You may leave if you find the way out, but only if you don't eat anything."
"Right, and I suppose you are not going to tell us how to leave?" Bill asked.
"Oh, I can. Are you willing to pay the price though?"
Sam broke in "What is the price?"
The fairy grinned, all sharp teeth "A memory".
Bill started to say something, when Sam clapped her hand over his mouth. "Let me guess, the memory is of having lived outside of these lands."
The fairy clapped and laughed "Oh, I like you. You are so much cleverer than the usual run. How clever are you?"
Sam thought for a moment, then "How about a deal?"
"A deal? How delightful. Go on."
"You tell Bill how to leave, and you get to keep me."
"You swear to never try to leave?"
"So long as Bill gets to go home back to Beaker Hill airfield and arrive safe, unharmed, and with a plausible reason for his appearance, and my absence."
"Uh, Sam," Bill interjected "what about you?"
"Bill, you have a fiance and a family. My family were all killed in the Blitz. I took my brother's place so I could sign up."
"So," the fairy broke in "if you have nothing to lose, what do I have to gain?"
"I lose the chance of revenge against the Nazis who killed my family."
The fairy stared, the grin gone suddenly "You would give that up for him? We understand revenge just as well as you mortals, and you would give it up?"
"It is the right thing to do."
"Deal!" and the fairy turned to Bill "Just dive into the ocean. You will surface next to one of your rescue boats. Go. Now!"
"Go on, Bill. I'll be fine."
"Is your name even Sam?"
"No dice - names have power here. Just go."
Bill waded into the water and dived under. He did not reappear.
"Now, miss lady who is not Sam" said the fairy "what is the real reason?"
"What I said was true. But also if I were to return there would be a medical exam. And my disguise would never survive that."
"How did you get through the enlistment?"
"My brother had already had his medical. And we were twins."
"Ah. So what shall I call you?"
"Keep calling me Sam. It will do. What do I call you, my lady?"
"Hmm.. just call me, oh, I know. Call me 'Summer'."
Sam frowned, and then a look of realization came over her. She bowed "Very well Summer. When no one is around, that is what I will call you."
"Very quick. Tell me what were you before you became a warrior?"
Sam grinned "Something much more dangerous. A writer."
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Warning: Contains period appropriate slurs.
Flight Lieutenant Sam Mitchell was sitting in the pilot's seat of the Mosquito, with Flight Sargent Bill Ford in the navigator's seat next to them. It was night and they could see the tracer rounds from the German night-fighter flash past them. Any moment now they would be replaced with cannon rounds, and that would be the end of them. Sam rammed the throttles forward and put the wooden aircraft into a sharp climb. The two Merlin engines screamed as the propellers tore the air apart. Another burst of tracers, closer this time.
"Damn! It must be one of those new Kraut birds with rockets under the wings!" Sam yelled in frustration.
"And we've got foo-fighters on our starboard. Keep clear of them!" Bill called back.
"Why? What's up with them?"
"They say that any plane that touches them is never seen again."
Another burst of tracers, this one nicking the outer port wing.
"Can't be any worse than collecting a bunch of cannon shells!" Sam wrenched the stick around, and turned into the glowing light.
"No! Don't!"
The engines stopped. Suddenly it was daylight, and they both blinked hard to clear their eyes. Bill looked to where the foo-fighter had been. In its place there was a human-sized figure, with gossamer wings holding onto the wing of the bomber. She was naked.
Bill stared.
"Damn the engines won't restart. Bill? Can you recycle the fuel pump by hand? Bill? Bill?" Getting no response Sam looked over and saw what Bill was staring at. The fairy grinned with sharp teeth, waved at Sam, and let go of the wing.
"Bill, the fairy is gone, can you try pressurising the fuel pump by hand?"
"Uh, yeah, sure."
After a few minutes it was clear that the engines were not going to restart.
"OK, I'm going to have to dead-stick her in. Can you see anywhere to land?"
Bill looked into the bombsight for a few moments, then "There's a beach just below us. It looks big enough."
"OK, I'll take us in."
Ten minutes later the aircraft bounced along the hard-packed sand, and rolled to a surprisingly orderly stop.
Bill and Sam climbed out, and looked around. The sea was perfectly flat and blue, to the other side of the beach, there was a forest, emerald green in the summer sun. It had been mid-winter not half an hour ago.
"Um, Bill, I think we might be in fairyland. You know, Underhill."
"So don't eat anything?"
"Not if you want to leave" a voice came from behind them.
They turned to see the fairy that had been on their wing standing on the sand.
"Those are most unflattering." A wave of the hand saw Bill dressed in doublet and hose, while Sam was suddenly in a flowing gown that covered everything but left little to the imagination "Much better."
"Um, Sam, how come?" Bill started to ask.
Sam looked down, and swore. "Shit. I guess the cat's out of the bag. Yes, Bill, I'm a woman."
Bill blinked "We thought you were a nancy! You fly so well, no-one cared."
A few more leaf dragons for #smaugust
