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Pip: Blip Side Press has been quietly building a reading list that would make any ancient god feel seen — or at least correctly cited. Mara: Today we're in the territory of mythology-inspired fantasy: what makes it work, which books earn the label, and why this corner of the genre keeps pulling readers back in....

Pip: James Israel Daniels — a site where the shelves go deeper than the algorithm, the genre lines get productively blurred, and somebody is clearly reading at a pace that should concern their optometrist. Mara: Blip Side covers a lot of ground here — overlooked fantasy, the worldbuilding that makes fictional cultures feel inhabited, the...

Pip: James Israel Daniels — a site that asks you to think seriously about why a ruined citadel on a book cover hits different than a generic cloaked figure, and then answers the question at length. Blip Side has been busy. Mara: This episode covers the craft of epic fantasy as a form, what makes...