Critical Friends Episode 18: On Fantasy and History

About this episode

The episode discusses the relationship between fantasy and history, exploring how historical narratives influence the genre.

In this episode of Critical Friends , the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Dan Hartland is joined by Cameron Miguel and Nick Hubble to discuss fantasy and its relationship to history and history-writing. Is some sense of the recordable past baked into the genre? And, if so, with what effects? Cameron's review of Making History . Nick's review of The Everlasting .

People in this episode

Host: Dan Hartland

Guests: Cameron Miguel, Nick Hubble

Topics covered

• fantasy
• history
• SFF criticism
• genre analysis
• literature

Keywords

• fantasy
• history
• SFF criticism
• Making History
• The Everlasting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strange Horizons

Books & works: Making History, The Everlasting

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