Tag Archives: epic fantasy

Lord of the Rings Day

Posted on March 25, 2023 by VM

Happy Lord of the Rings Day. 🙂 About a week ago, I began rereading book 7 of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. This followed my realisation earlier this year that I had somehow lost the ability to read … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life notes | Tagged books, epic fantasy, fiction, high fantasy, JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings day, M John Harrison, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Reaper's Gale, Steven Erikson | Comments Off

‘Mantra sciences’ is just poor fantasy

Posted on January 5, 2018 by VM

I don’t know how the author of a piece in the Times of India managed to keep a straight face when introducing a school based on Vedic rituals that would “show the way” to curing diseases like cancer. Even the … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm | Tagged bitcoins, cancer, cognitive dissonance, cryptocurrencies, epic fantasy, fantasy fiction, Hogwarts, infinite predictability, magic system, not even wrong, Ponzi scheme, Rajasthan, Research Institute of Mantra Sciences, Vedas, Vedic studies | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: epic fantasy

Lord of the Rings Day

‘Mantra sciences’ is just poor fantasy

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