All Legends Have A Base In Fact.

Many Fantasy Novels - 'lord Of The Rings', For Instance, Or 'lavondyss' By Robert Holdstock - Are Beautifully Written. Geoff Ryman's 'the Child Garden' Is Exquisite And Utterly Beguiling. Mervyn Peake's 'gormenghast' Trilogy Is An Astonishing Piece Of Multi-faceted Storytelling. So Quality Of Writing Does Not Condemn The Genre.

The Very Odd Thing About Sagas ... Is That They Very Rarely Mention Dry Mouths And Full Bladders.

The Baresark Loses All Fear; His Method Is All-out Attack, And Invariably He Takes His Opponent With Him Even If He Falls.

Fear Is Good, For It Makes Us Cautious And Aids Survival. Not So With Terror. It Is Like Slow Poison, Paralyzing The Limbs And Blurring The Mind. . . Never, When In Danger, Ask Yourself, What Will They Do To Me? Instead Think, What Can I Do To Prevent Them?

Evil Lives In A Pit. If You Want To Fight It – You Must Climb Down In The Slime To Do So.