Hiromi Goto, Tiptree Award winner and author of the cross-over YA/adult novel Half World from earlier this year is guest blogging on Amazon's book blog---and it's great stuff.Her first post is about romance or lack thereof in dark fantasy, specifically that her novel doesn't have that element. (Just one of the things Half World doesn't do that makes me like it so much.)Goto's second post is about a realistic approach to fantasy, which in some ways goes hand-in-hand with the first post. I agree with everything she says there. It's one of the issues facing fantasists writing today---which is to say there's this kind of escapist view of how things should happen that tends to destabilize some novels and introduce gaping plot holes as well, or to cover up plot holes with some fantasy element. Anyway, great post.Check in over at the book blog on Monday and Tuesday when Goto talks about how fantasy is horror's BBF and some really wonderful and poetic parting thoughts on the genesis of Half World.Some readers may have missed Half World when it came out in the spring. Now's your chance to pick up this unique and powerful novel, which also comes with pretty darn cool illustrations.If you're so inclined, give these posts some signal boost---I think they're definitely worth it.
