There are no characters, except, in a sense, You the Reader. It is not even a collection of short stories. Now, let us address the elephant in the room: The Tough Guide to Fantasyland is not a novel. By reading the thing cover-to-cover, in a manner it really isn’t suited for… but, well, it is the first time I have ever actually done this, and it has been a while since I cracked open the book at all.
Now, stuck as I am in government-mandated lockdown, I thought I’d revisit the Tough Guide in a more organised fashion. As a resource to dip into on a haphazard basis, for personal amusement or as a wry warning for fantasy writers. You see, at the time I read it the way the author intended.
I do remember it was actually shelved in the Humour Section of my local University Bookshop, rather than Fantasy and Science-Fiction. I first got my hands on a copy of The Tough Guide to Fantasyland some time around 2005. Time for something a bit lighter, I’d say.
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