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Fantasy

  1. game review
    The Platonic Ideal of Fantasy AdventureDragon’s Dogma 2 delivers a quirky, evocative open world straight out of a sword-and-sorcery novel.
    By Lewis Gordon
  2. movie review
    Netflix’s Damsel Is Sweaty, Snarly, Slithery FunMillie Bobby Brown might have the lead role in the new fantasy thriller, but the dragon steals the show.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  3. books
    Sarah J. Maas Is the Mortal Queen of Faerie SmutHer massively popular series, including “A Court of Thorns and Roses,” mix fantasy lore with soft-core romance — and a whole lot of trauma.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  4. vulture guides
    12 Romantasy Authors to KnowHere are some of the most popular creators of sexy fantasy worlds.
    By Julie Kosin and Kathryn VanArendonk
  5. book review
    In Alex Pheby’s Novel Malarkoi, God Is Dead and Objects Are AliveThe second book in Alex Pheby’s trilogy Cities of the Weft spins fantasy tropes in strange and visceral new dimensions.
    By Emma Alpern
  6. exit interview
    Reinventing the Wheel of TimeFor the series’ breakout second season, showrunner Rafe Judkins followed a different kind of fantasy.
    By Sean T. Collins
  7. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: Rand and DeliverWith an electric season finale, Wheel’s approach to epic fantasy has reached must-watch television.
    By Sean T. Collins
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    The Wheel of Time Recap: The Great EscapeJust as our hero starts to come into his own, we get a shocking twist that is a genuine bummer.
    By Sean T. Collins
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    The Wheel of Time Recap: Master and ServantEgwene’s breaking is the most disturbing moment in the series to date.
    By Sean T. Collins
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    The Wheel of Time Recap: Are You Afraid of the Dark?We’re benefiting from seeing our characters develop more, but we have to suffer through these lifeless night scenes.
    By Sean T. Collins
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    The Wheel of Time Recap: Blood SimpleWheel seems to have taken a leap in its second season. Here’s hoping it keeps up!
    By Sean T. Collins
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    The Wheel of Time Recap: Level UpWhoa. Where did this show come from?
    By Sean T. Collins
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    The Wheel of Time Recap: Rand on the RunWe’re digging into interesting relationship dynamics with new and familiar faces.
    By Sean T. Collins
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    The Wheel of Time Season-Premiere Recap: Roll OnAmazon’s big-budgeted series may not be remarkable, but it knows to deliver all the hits of fantasy that fantasy nerds want.
    By Sean T. Collins
  15. overnights
    Outlander Recap: Reality BitesTime travel becomes a major buzzkill when you’re aware a whole lot of people are going to die.
    By Maggie Fremont
  16. overnights
    Good Omens Season-Finale Recap: Something’s Getting CloserThe Good Omens finale suffers from a little Marvel-itis.
    By Bethy Squires
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    Good Omens Recap: Ferocity and DangerosityEverybody is having very big feelings at the Wickber Street Traders and Shopkeepers Association Monthly Meeting.
    By Bethy Squires
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    Good Omens Recap: It’s Blitz!Here’s to shades of gray.
    By Bethy Squires
  19. overnights
    Good Omens Recap: We’re Going to Edinburgh!Angels really have no undercover skills, do they?
    By Bethy Squires
  20. overnights
    Good Omens Recap: You Can’t Tempt an AngelSeeing the beginning of Aziraphale and Crowley’s “arrangement” is bittersweet.
    By Bethy Squires
  21. overnights
    The Witcher Season-Finale Recap: To Be ContinuedHenry Cavill may be done on The Witcher, but Geralt of Rivia isn’t going anywhere.
    By Scott Meslow
  22. overnights
    The Witcher Recap: The Last UnicornAs Henry Cavill’s Geralt nears his end, Ciri is becoming the main character now.
    By Scott Meslow
  23. overnights
    The Witcher Midseason-Premiere Recap: Fire & BloodWe’ve never seen a fight go this badly for Geralt.
    By Scott Meslow
  24. overnights
    The Witcher Midseason-Finale Recap: Having a BallThe reveals in the midseason finale would be more fun if they weren’t blatantly obvious.
    By Scott Meslow
  25. overnights
    The Witcher Recap: Having a BallIs The Witcher building up to its very own Red Wedding?
    By Scott Meslow
  26. overnights
    The Witcher Recap: Are You My Mother?Like any parent of a gifted teenager trying to get into an elite academy, Yennefer will do anything to land Ciri a spot at her alma mater.
    By Scott Meslow
  27. overnights
    The Witcher Recap: Castle FreakA reminder that The Witcher can confidently shift back into Hercules: The Legendary Journeys–style storytelling whenever it likes.
    By Scott Meslow
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    The Witcher Season-Premiere Recap: On the Road AgainThe Witcher keeps insisting on making its world bigger, but it never seems to get any deeper.
    By Scott Meslow
  29. movie review
    The Key to Taking the D&D Movie Seriously Is Not to Take It SeriouslyDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves honors the classic game by acknowledging its ridiculousness.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  30. plot twists
    An Exhaustive List of Shadow and Bone’s Biggest Season-Two RevealsHow many secret identities, plot twists, and surprising emotional character turns can fit into eight episodes? A lot!
    By Maggie Fremont
  31. profile
    The Fabulist in the WoodsIn Northampton with Kelly Link and her community of like-minded writers.
    By Lila Shapiro
  32. overnights
    Mayfair Witches Season-Finale Recap: Meet Me at the Witching HourYou almost have to respect Mayfair Witches’ dedication to absolute nonsense until the very end.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  33. overnights
    Mayfair Witches Recap: The Rube Goldberg Machine Comes TogetherRowan is kind of the worst.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  34. overnights
    The Legend of Vox Machina Season-Finale Recap: Up Umbrasyl’s BumbasylTLOVM ends its sophomore season on a somewhat unsatisfactory note despite some remarkable highlights and a trip into a dragon’s rectum.
    By James Grebey
  35. overnights
    Mayfair Witches Recap: Gaslight, Gatekeep, GirlbossSorry, but it’s impossible to take Rowan fighting off Lasher’s influence seriously when she’s dressed in a polyester flapper costume.
    By Kathleen Walsh
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    The Legend of Vox Machina Recap: Actually, Split the PartyThe Legend of Vox Machina continues to smartly deviate from what happened in Critical Role.
    By James Grebey
  37. overnights
    The Legend of Vox Machina Recap: Epic Quests and Poop AccompanimentNothing like a black dragon to mess up your quest-completion win streak.
    By James Grebey
  38. overnights
    His Dark Materials Series-Finale Recap: Every Atom of Me and Every Atom of YouGod is dead, but Eve’s sorrow is still greatly multiplied.
    By Devon Maloney
  39. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: A Cesspit of Moral FilthMrs. Coulter’s swan song is elevated despite some weird setbacks.
    By Devon Maloney
  40. overnights
    The Witcher: Blood Origin Finale Recap: You Say You Want a RevolutionWhile this miniseries wasn’t exactly a riveting page-turner, it opens plenty of possibilities for the next story in the Witcher-verse.
    By Scott Meslow
  41. overnights
    The Witcher: Blood Origin Recap: I Live, I Die, I Live AgainSpending time with these characters goofing off is what Blood Origin needed all along.
    By Scott Meslow
  42. overnights
    The Witcher: Blood Origin Recap: The Empire Strikes BackBlood Origin is trying to speed-run through two different shows at once.
    By Scott Meslow
  43. overnights
    The Witcher: Blood Origin Series-Premiere Recap: The Elves on the ShelvesAn underwhelming premiere of The Witcher’s prequel series at least introduces Michelle Yeoh’s character.
    By Scott Meslow
  44. best of 2022
    The Best Fantasy Novels of 2022From dark academia to mythological retellings to epic journeys, the best fantasy of the year comes in all shapes and sizes.
    By Emily Hughes
  45. overnights
    House of the Dragon Recap: A Bad EggLike it was for the Starks in early Game of Thrones episodes, the stakes for child’s play are high for these little Targaryens.
    By Hillary Kelly
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    House of the Dragon Recap: One Wedding and Two FuneralsA pack of new menaces has arrived just in time to broaden the show’s reach.
    By Hillary Kelly
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    House of the Dragon Recap: The Second SexCongratulations to House of the Dragon for finding a way to make sex actually further the narrative and character development.
    By Hillary Kelly
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    House of the Dragon Recap: Green-Eyed MonsterViserys may swear to Rhaenyra, “On your mother’s memory, you will not be supplanted,” but Daemon is still out there, waiting in the wings.
    By Hillary Kelly
  49. overnights
    House of the Dragon Series-Premiere Recap: A Song of Ice and FireA Targaryen-centric prequel begins in typical Game of Thrones fashion: well-acted, violent, revolting, CGI’d to the max, and more than a little horny.
    By Hillary Kelly
  50. overnights
    The Sandman Recap: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?The Sandman grapples with who matters, who doesn’t, and who gets to decides.
    By Bethy Squires
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