Miscellaneous Articles

This section of the Misenchanted Page is a collection of miscellaneous articles on various subjects -- some of them old, some new, some professionally published, some from fanzines, some never published before. A few are taken from letters, e-mail, Usenet posts, and various other things, as well as from actual articles.

I welcome feedback on any and all of these. Some are probably out of date; if you notice any like that, tell me and I'll update it or add a note or something.

I may well add more articles, but this is what I've got so far in this directory -- there are others scattered here and there about the Misenchanted Page. I may add links to them as it occurs to me to do so. I may also add illustrations to some of the articles here as I get around to scanning in relevant images.

If you're specifically looking for articles offering advice on writing, that's next door, in an entirely separate department.

And if you're after trip reports, they're way over there.

Articles:

About Science Fiction and Fantasy:

• ''Scientific Magic?'' (On the difference between science fiction and fantasy)
• ''On Infinite Possibilities'' (On alternate history)
• ''What Are You Doing With That Broom?'' (On research for fantasy)
• ''Where Do You Get Your Ideas?'' (That perpetual favorite question -- with a couple of others appended)
• ''Deus ex Machina and Writing Fantasy'' (When to play God)

  About Science Fiction Conventions:

• ''What Are Science Fiction Conventions Like?''
• ''Pros and Cons: Panel Discussions''

  About Comic Books:

• ''Dr. Wertham, EC Comics, and My Misspent Youth: In Search of the Unholy Grail''
• ''The Other Guys'' (The pre-Comics Code horror comics that weren't E.C.)

  Miscellaneous:

• ''My Haunted Home'' (A bit of autobiography)

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