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Tags: attention whores

On Bankrupt Nihilism - or Some Such Nonsense

By Doug M. on Feb 15, 2011 | In State of the Genre

Leo Grin (over at Big Hollywood) doesn't care for "gritty" fantasy. So he wrote an article. In that article, he stuck his nondescript, attention-whore thumb into modern fantasy's pie and pulled out a fat, juicy, "look at me" plum. Bankrupt nihilism indee… more »
Tags: attention whores, fantasy, lame stuff

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