Jen Grew Up: Moving on from The Dark Crystal
Sunday afternoon I turned on The Dark Crystal for my annual re-watch, a New Year’s tradition of mine. As I was sorting through old mail and generally cleaning […]
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More Thoughts on Dark Crystal’s AuthorQuest
After a few months of reflection, I may have been too harsh on the contest. (Here’s the updated page, including the submission form, which is open through the […]
More DetailsWhy I’m Not Participating in the Dark Crystal AuthorQuest Contest
My first thought was, “Oh my God, I could get paid to write Dark Crystal tie-in fiction!” This is no small matter. The Dark Crystal is, completely unqualified, […]
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“The prophecy didn’t say anything about this!” “Prophets don’t know everything!” –Jen and Kira, the Dark Crystal I saw Oz the Great and Powerful this weekend. It was […]
More DetailsThe Tao of the Dark Crystal, Part 2
What was sundered and undone Shall be whole, the two made one. . . Aughra, The Dark Crystal December 1982. Jim Henson, Brian Froud and the rest of […]
More DetailsThe Tao of the Dark Crystal, Part 1
The world knows beauty as beauty, So there is then ugliness. The world knows good as good, So there is then the bad. —Tao Te Ching, trans. A. S. […]
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