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J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis? Shades of Magic author V.E. Schwab reveals the two kinds of fantasy fiction, and which she writes
Watch Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil author V.E. Schwab's spotlight panel from London's MCM x EGX 2024.
For prose author V.E. Schwab of Shades of Magic fame, she sees fantasy fiction being split into two categories: one in complete distinction from reality such as the works of the Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, and the other being fantastical worlds still connected to reality such as C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. While she squirms at the idea of it being based on "two dead white guys," the author of the upcoming Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil says they serve as pedestals for her reasoning.
"With Tolkien, you will never access Middle-Earth; you can't except through pages of the book," Schwab tells Popverse's Veronica Valencia during a spotlight panel at London's MCM x EGX 2024. "But C.S. Lewis teaches you that somewhere in your house is a cabinet with no back. And so you, as a child
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MCM is back at ExCeL London this Halloween Weekend – and this time we’re teaming up with EGX for the UK’s biggest pop culture weekend all under one roof and one ticket.
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