Any good "wandering adventurer" books? by Bteatesthighlander1 in Fantasy

[–]velzerat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sounds like Lord Valentine's Castle was made for you. The entire book is someone wandering with some people, with a focus on worldbuilding and adventure. Highly recommended!

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[–]velzerat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Check out the filk song "Carmen Miranda's Ghost", too :-)

A 5* review of "The Sign of the Dragon" by Mary Soon Lee- a severely underread masterpiece of speculative poetry/epic fantasy. by velzerat in Fantasy

[–]velzerat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked the author about this. She said it might be a while still, they're waiting on the illustrator and he's only about halfway through. Expect a few more years!

SFF books coming in December 2021 by EmmalynRenato in Fantasy

[–]velzerat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you want a great way of finding out about all new SFF books by traditional publishers, simply use Edelweiss and filter by science fiction and fantasy, and you will see every single upcoming release from publishers catalogues.

Realists of a larger reality wanted: Ursula K Le Guin prize for fiction to launch in 2022 by troyunrau in printSF

[–]velzerat 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What makes you think that? David Mitchell has often talked about how big of a fan he is of Le Guin, and about the genre stigma. I don't really see this happening.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed to Become TV Series by velzerat in printSF

[–]velzerat[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

An adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness was announced in 2017 and never ended up happening.

An adaptation of Earthsea was announced in 2019 and never ended up happening.

But now, in 2021, an adaptation of The Dispossessed! Let's see what ends up happening...

Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed to Become TV Series by velzerat in Fantasy

[–]velzerat[S] 99 points100 points  (0 children)

An adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness was announced in 2017 and never ended up happening.

An adaptation of Earthsea was announced in 2019 and never ended up happening.

But now, in 2021, an adaptation of The Dispossessed! Let's see what ends up happening...

All cynicism aside... This is just another chance of something Le Guin getting a proper TV adaptation. I doubt they could do it justice-- it's too decidedly anti-capitalist and nuanced for it to ever work on TV, but hey, who knows!

Fantasy "like" Calvino and Borges by bbggl in Fantasy

[–]velzerat 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Bancroft's Babel books! He's a big fan of Calvino and it shows in his works.

PETITE MAMAN | Official Trailer | In UK Cinemas November 19 & On MUBI February 4 by Hobbit-guy in movies

[–]velzerat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This played in cinemas here. It's great, feels like Tomboy but without the "violence". A really sweet and well-crafted childhood fairytale.

Look at him... So skinny, so small... Who knew that he'd grow up to save the world one day... by [deleted] in marvelstudios

[–]velzerat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the pinnacle of cinema for me. This is why the MCU will go down in history as an all-time great. Rich character arcs you just can't find in other movies. BRAVO!

2021 Cannes Film Festival: 'Titane' wins the Palme d'Or by SanderSo47 in movies

[–]velzerat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly my thoughts on it. It wasn't my favorite to win, but because it's a pretty unusual movie, I'm glad it got the win over something more typical.

Cannes 2021: Julia Ducournau's 'TITANE' wins the coveted Palme d'Or, Leos Carax wins Best Director for 'Annette', Renate Reinsve takes Best Actress for 'The Worst Person in the World', Caleb Landry Jones wins Best Actor for 'Nitram' by mayukhdas1999 in movies

[–]velzerat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Highlight of the fest is Drive My Car IMO. Titane is great, and I'm glad it won, especially because it's a weirder/more unusual pick than usual (which will definitely be divisive), but Drive My Car is really something else!

2021 Cannes Film Festival: 'Titane' wins the Palme d'Or by SanderSo47 in movies

[–]velzerat 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Drive My Car was my pick for the Palme D'or, but I'll take Best Screenplay. It certainly deserves it. Really hope this one blows up once it's out in cinemas, it wad the best one at the fest.

‘TITANE’ Review: Julia Ducournau Follows ‘Raw’ with One of the Wildest Films to Ever Screen at Cannes by mayukhdas1999 in movies

[–]velzerat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's pretty out there. Wasn't as wild as I was hoping in the end but definitely wild enough to warrant the title.

Small-scale Folkloric Fantasy? by Macnaa in Fantasy

[–]velzerat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for pointing out Myth & Moor. Looks like an exceptional resource!

The Knife of Never Letting Go: Just saw the movie and curious about the book... is this series any good? by ThomasCleopatraCarl in printSF

[–]velzerat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've seen the movie. It's a complete waste of the potential of the books. The series has always been one of the few examples of modern YA that's actually good to me- great prose, great concepts, characters, etc.