![]() Over decades of exploring other authors’ fantastic universes, I started piecing together a pair of heroes who were a mixture of high-fantasy ideals and low-comedy realities. ![]() Would you have to be concerned about getting lice if you were travelling on the back of a talking lion? How could you possibly get a cold drink while wandering in a desert wasteland? Where would one go to the bathroom in Mordor? But also being a bit of a queasy realist, my escapist fantasies of living in a magical world were always plagued by worries and questions of practicality and comfort. From the first time I heard The Hobbit, read The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings and the John Carter/Barsoom novels, I imagined what it would be like to have something magical happen to me. ![]() ![]() "I’ve loved fantasy stories as long as I can remember and have been an avid fantasy reader since I was about ten years old. What was the inspiration for Fish Wielder? ![]()
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