Epic Pooh and the Style of Fantasy Prose

Start time

10:00 am

End time

11:00 am

Type

panel

Room

Buckingham Panel Room 2

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Michael Moorcock’s article on Tolkien’s prose and his criticism of it’s childlike quality was first published by the British Fantasy Society in 1978. This raises the question, what is stylish fantasy writing? Is there a particular aesthetic to fantasy prose? Our panel discusses this.