Comments on: Seek the Gnarl http://www.blackgate.com/2009/02/16/seek-the-gnarl/ Adventures in Fantasy Literature Thu, 17 May 2012 03:33:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Judith Berman http://www.blackgate.com/2009/02/16/seek-the-gnarl/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Judith Berman Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:52:16 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=1359#comment-585 Some people write late at night because that is when their censor-slash-editor turns off. But I think this is right. The brain naturally works through association and connotation as well as through straightforward denotative meaning. Some people write late at night because that is when their censor-slash-editor turns off.

But I think this is right. The brain naturally works through association and connotation as well as through straightforward denotative meaning.

]]> By: James Enge http://www.blackgate.com/2009/02/16/seek-the-gnarl/comment-page-1/#comment-564 James Enge Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:58:32 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=1359#comment-564 One of the ways fantasy plays the gnarly game, I think, is the ways the structures of language can operate meaningfully (or with apparent meaning) even with unreal referents: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously" rel="nofollow">"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."</a> Trying to decode stuff like that creates a fractal spray of images in the mind. Or maybe this just means I need more sleep rather furiously at the moment. One of the ways fantasy plays the gnarly game, I think, is the ways the structures of language can operate meaningfully (or with apparent meaning) even with unreal referents: “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.” Trying to decode stuff like that creates a fractal spray of images in the mind. Or maybe this just means I need more sleep rather furiously at the moment.

]]> By: Short Story Today « Threat Quality Press http://www.blackgate.com/2009/02/16/seek-the-gnarl/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Short Story Today « Threat Quality Press Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:04:44 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=1359#comment-556 [...] Black Gate has a new blog post by Judith Berman about expectation and satisfaction, which I think is perilously close to my own [...] [...] Black Gate has a new blog post by Judith Berman about expectation and satisfaction, which I think is perilously close to my own [...]

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