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2010

Archives From the Editor 

December 2010 – From the Editor

December 6, 2010January 5, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 1921 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the December 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar. Like last month, I will keep this short

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Archives Feature Article 

December 2010 – Feature Article

December 6, 2010January 5, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 1045 Views 0 Comments 2010, december, feature, mieville, perdido street station

This month’s Feature Article will be examining China Mieville’s Perdido Street Station, a work that I found immense in scope,

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 15 – Fayersae Histories

December 6, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 1905 Views 0 Comments 2010, december, fayersae, fiction, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 15 Screaming at the men riding pell-mell around him to return to the

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Archives From the Editor 

November 2010 – From the Editor

November 4, 2010December 7, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1126 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the November 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar. I will keep this short and simple since

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Archives Feature Article 

November 2010 – Feature Article

November 4, 2010December 7, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1923 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, interview, november, seasholtz

The Harmony of the Othar Saga has been a work in progress, spanning nearly two decades.  What possessed you to

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 14 – Fayersae Histories

November 4, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 1943 Views 0 Comments 2010, fayersae, fiction, november, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 14 “A pillaging sunset,” Cettan said to Stannan, the self-exiled leader of the

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Archives From the Editor 

October 2010 – From the Editor

October 3, 2010November 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 2092 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the October 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  It is hard to believe that this issue

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Archives Feature Article 

October 2010 – Feature Article

October 3, 2010November 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1511 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, interview, october, seasholtz

The Harmony of the Othar Saga has been a work in progress, spanning nearly two decades.  What possessed you to

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 13 – Fayersae Histories

October 3, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 1158 Views 0 Comments 2010, fayersae, fiction, october, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 13 “Have you come to arrest me, brother?” Cettan asked, keeping the irritation

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Archives From the Editor 

September 2010 – From the Editor

September 2, 2010October 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1606 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the September 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  It’s back to school here, although many of

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Archives Feature Article 

September 2010 – Feature Article

September 2, 2010October 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1196 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, novik, september

This month’s Feature Article will be examining Naomi Novik’s His Majesty’s Dragon, and this review may be the easiest I

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 12 – Fayersae Histories

September 2, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 2014 Views 0 Comments 2010, fayersae, september, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 12 Bran pounded his arms with gloved hands and stomped his feet, more

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Archives From the Editor 

August 2010 – From the Editor

August 1, 2010September 2, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1618 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the August 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  As usual, a busy summer has gone by

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Archives Feature Article 

August 2010 – Feature Article

August 1, 2010September 2, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1744 Views 0 Comments 2010, august, clarke, feature

This month’s Feature Article will be examining Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.  Winner of the 2005 Hugo Award,

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 11 – Fayersae Histories

August 1, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 1931 Views 0 Comments 2010, august, fayersae, histories, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 11 Bran rubbed his neck, hiding his irritation behind a tired expression, and

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Archives From the Editor 

July 2010 – From the Editor

July 3, 2010August 1, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 902 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction, hominids, july, sawyer

Welcome to the July 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  I hope everyone has a fun safe 4th

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Archives Feature Article 

July 2010 – Feature Article

July 3, 2010August 1, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1118 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, hominids, july, sawyer

This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look at Robert J. Sawyer’s Hominids.  It’s been a long time since

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 10 – Fayersae Histories

July 3, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 1124 Views 0 Comments 2010, fayersae, histories, july, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 10 “Windraes,” Avanian whispered again, running her hand against the smooth stone pillar. 

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Archives Musing of the Month 

July 2010 – Musing of the Month

July 3, 2010August 1, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1026 Views 0 Comments 2010, feedback, july, musings

In lieu of Sawyer’s Hominids receiving the Hugo Award despite its flaws, I will frame this as an open discussion

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Archives From the Editor 

June 2010 – From the Editor

June 4, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1179 Views 1 Comment 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction, halting state, june, stross

Welcome to the June 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  This month’s Feature Article will be examining Charles

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Archives Feature Article 

June 2010 – Feature Article

June 4, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1926 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, halting state, june, stross

This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look at Charles Stross’ Halting State. While I found Halting State to

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 9 – Fayersae Histories

June 4, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 1951 Views 0 Comments 2010, fayersae, histories, june, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 9 At first, the vacillating gusts of wind sweeping down the mountainside reminded

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Archives Musing of the Month 

June 2010 – Musing of the Month

June 4, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1135 Views 0 Comments 2010, feedback, june, musings

Open discussion on the use of non-standard points-of-view in a story.  While the second person is rare, there are examples

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Archives From the Editor 

May 2010 – From the Editor

May 4, 2010June 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1429 Views 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction, griffin's shadow, may, moore

Welcome to the May 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  This month’s Feature Article will be returning to

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Archives Feature Article 

May 2010 – Feature Article

May 4, 2010June 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1074 Views 2010, feature, griffin's shadow, may, moore

This month’s Feature Article will be returning to the Griffin’s Daughter Trilogy by Leslie Ann Moore, and we will be

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 8 – Fayersae Histories

May 4, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 1866 Views 0 Comments 2010, fayersae, histories, may, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 8 A light snow continued to fall, the large flakes appearing silently from

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Archives Musing of the Month 

May 2010 – Musing of the Month

May 4, 2010June 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1098 Views 0 Comments 2010, feedback, may, musings

Open discussion on how, as a reader, you approach books in a series.  Do they get read back-to-back when all

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Archives From the Editor 

April 2010 – From the Editor

April 4, 2010May 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1965 Views 2010, arpil, cherryh, editor, fantasy, fiction, fortress in the eye of time

Welcome to the April issue of the Musings of the Othar.  This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look

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Archives Feature Article 

April 2010 – Feature Article

April 4, 2010May 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1064 Views 2010, april, cherryh, feature, fortress in the eye of time

This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look at C. J. Cherryh’s Fortress in the Eye of Time. Fortress

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 7 – Fayersae Histories

April 4, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 2022 Views 0 Comments 2010, april, fayersae, histories, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 7 Bran stood at the edge of a broad hilltop where they had

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Archives Musing of the Month 

April 2010 – Musing of the Month

April 4, 2010May 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1494 Views 0 Comments 2010, april, feedback, musings

Open discussion on how much time an author has during the opening of a work before they exhaust a reader’s

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Archives From the Editor 

March 2010 – From the Editor

March 3, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1807 Views 2010, doctorow, editor, fiction, little brother, march

Welcome to the March issue of the Musings of the Othar.  This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look

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Archives Feature Article 

March 2010 – Feature Article

March 3, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1591 Views 2010, doctorow, feature, little brother, march

This month’s Feature Article will examine Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother.   Doctorow was recommended to me when I asked a colleague

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 6 – Fayersae Histories

March 3, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 1264 Views 0 Comments 2010, fayersae, histories, march, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 6 Lightning continued to ripple through the boiling clouds to the west, the

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Archives Musing of the Month 

March 2010 – Musing of the Month

March 3, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 975 Views 0 Comments 2010, feedback, march, musings

Open discussion on the role of strong political points of view in science fiction.

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Archives From the Editor 

February 2010 – From the Editor

February 4, 2010March 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 872 Views 2010, editor, fantasy, february, fiction, kim atanley robinson, mars trilogy

Welcome to the February issue of the Musings of the Othar.  This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look

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Archives Feature Article 

February 2010 – Feature Article

February 4, 2010March 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1063 Views 2010, feature, february, kim stanley robinson, mars trilogy

This month’s Feature Article will take a look at Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy, specifically book one, Red Mars.  This

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Fayersae Histories 

Chapter 5 – Fayersae Histories

February 4, 2010February 13, 2019 P.A. Seasholtz 2077 Views 0 Comments 2010, fayersae, february, histories, serial, short

Fayersae Histories Second Battle of Jent Chapter 5 Findian had acclimated to the cold mountain air at Spirit, the chill

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Archives Musing of the Month 

February 2010 – Musing of the Month

February 4, 2010March 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 1308 Views 0 Comments 2010, february, feedback, musings

Open discussion on science fiction novel’s need to stand the test of time, and how important this is when writing

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