It’s nostalgia day! How about this one from Swords in the Mist, one of Fritz Leiber’s many tales of Fafhrd the barbarian and his companion in arms, the Gray Mouser:
A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 7, 2025
The next in my series of great quotations from great speculative fiction is from Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, by Wole Talabi (2023), a prize-winning and delightful Afro-centric fantasy novel.
And here is the quotation:
A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 6, 2025
Now to continue my advent calendar of great quotations from great speculative fiction. Here is one from a laugh-out-loud favorite of mine, John Scalzi’s Hugo and Locus Award short-listed novel Starter Villain (2023).
From the invaluable TV Tropes web site: “A Sub-Trope of Arc Villain, the Starter Villain ranks the lowest on the Sorting Algorithm of Evil (the heroes have to start off fighting someone). They are the first true threat to the heroes, not just some common Mook who’s there to let them show how badass they are. . . “
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