Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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The problem with Ruined Earth Novels

In the New York Times Book Review’s holiday edition I review Robert Harris’s latest novel. It fails—as most ruined-earth novels do. Why? Entropy is a thing, baby.

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Posted on December 9, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Arthur, Hild, and the challenge of the historical novel sequence

Wikimedia Commons Yesterday I started rereading Gillian Bradshaw’s Arthurian trilogy. I’ve always loved Hawk of May. And I like Kingdom of Summer…

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Posted on January 12, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

lesbian ants in our pants

Perhaps I’ll just let this one go by without comment. Oh, oh, but wait. Here’s another, only this time me and the…

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Posted on January 14, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Blue Cheer–first speed metal hair band?

Another hot day coming up. I’m not going to tax your poor tired brains with anything difficult. Instead, we’re going to go…

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Posted on July 5, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The Last Legion

Oooh. Cool. (Via Per Omnia Saecula.) Swords! Ponies! Magic! I am such a sucker for these things…

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Posted on June 11, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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