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Monday, May 27, 2013

CSFF Tour: Merlin's Blade

May 2013 Section: Merlin's Blade by Robert Treskillard

Author's blog: http://www.epictales.org/blog/robertblog.php
Author website: http://www.kingarthur.org.uk/

Bloggers participating in tour:
Noah Arsenault
Beckie Burnham
Keanan Brand
Jeff Chapman
Laure Covert
Pauline Creeden
Emma or Audrey Engel
April Erwin
Victor Gentile
Ryan Heart
Timothy Hicks
Jason Joyner
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Shannon McDermott
Meagan @ Blooming with Books
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Joan Nienhuis
Nathan Reimer
Kathleen Smith
Jojo Sutis
Steve Trower
Phyllis Wheeler
Shane Werlinger
Nicole White
Posted by Chawna Schroeder at 9:26 AM
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  • Writing
  • 5.0: excellent
  • 3-4: good
  • 1-2: moderate
  • 0: poor
  • Content
  • 5.0: edifying
  • 3-4: safe
  • 1-2: caution advised
  • 0: dangerous
  • Overall
  • 4.5-5.0 stars: Must Read
  • 3.5-4.5: Good Reading
  • 2.5-3.5: Debatable
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Trade Terms

  • ABA: American Booksellers Association (secular books)
  • Allegory: A sub-genre of sci-fi/fantasy where many of the events, objects, and even people of the story are symbolic of something else, like in Pilgrim's Progress
  • Alternate reality: A sub-genre of sci-fi/fantasy that jumps from our world into another world, like in Narnia.
  • Apocalyptic: A sub-genre of sci-fi/fantasy dealing with the end times or events that resemble the end times
  • CBA: Christian Booksellers Association
  • CSFF: Christian science fiction and fantasy
  • Dark fantasy: a fantasy story heavily into magic, witches, and occult practices
  • Dark story: a story with little or no hope or overwhelming evil
  • Futuristic fiction: A sci-fi/fantasy sub-genre based in the real world, only a long time in the future
  • High/Epic Fantasy: Fantasy that completely takes places in another world with no connection to ours and usually involves events of potentially catastrophic proportions. Think Lord of the Rings.
  • Midgrade: stories for the "middle" grades, ages 8-12
  • Sci-fi/fantasy: a genre reflecting the supernatural or the fantastical, including science fiction, allegory, high or epic fantasy, speculative, and futuristic fiction
  • Sci-fi: science fiction
  • Speculative Fiction: A sci-fi/fantasy sub-genre that takes place in the real world only a short time in the future and is very plausible
  • Story world: everything that makes up a story's world (politics, history, geography, etc.)
  • Supernatural suspense/thriller: A sci-fi/fantasy sub-genre dealing with supernatural events and things (angels and demons) in current times, usually with a very fast-paced plot
  • YA: young adults; stories for young adults, ages 13-18

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