Read more fantasy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5006/fantasy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:03:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70247/surrogates-silly-but-suspenseful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCritics are lukewarm about Surrogates , the new sci-fi flick starring a surprisingly hirsute Bruce Willis, in which humans command tricked-out robots who do their work and play for them. It's a "preposterous movie that luxuriates in its own silliness," says Stephanie Zacharek of Salon. There's a "heavy-duty moral," but the...http://www.newser.com/story/70247/surrogates-silly-but-suspenseful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 10:30:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67847/best-sci-fi-languages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCreators of true geek art follow JRR Tolkien’s example and craft fictional languages to populate their worlds. Wired lists the best examples: Klingon. The Star Trek creation is the king of all sci-fi languages, with fully realized grammar and vocabulary. City Speak. Blade Runner ’s vision of earth as a...http://www.newser.com/story/67847/best-sci-fi-languages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 17:25:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63782/parental-angst-is-real-star-of-evil-kiddie-movies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMurderous children have haunted movies since the 1950s—but why, Jonah Weiner wonders on Slate. “The biggest reason for this is the most obvious,” Weiner notes. “What’s creepier than a 4-foot-tall killer in Spongebob pajamas?” But the personification of evil in a child reveals deeper-seated anxieties. “In evil-kiddie movies, we...http://www.newser.com/story/63782/parental-angst-is-real-star-of-evil-kiddie-movies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 18:35:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50136/reality-bites-starbucks-fantasy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany Americans fantasized of tuning in, dropping out, and working at Starbucks, Mary Schmich writes in the Chicago Tribune , but that dream died with the economic slowdown. “Starbucks was the great American backup plan,” Schmich writes. “The emergency exit. The parachute,” fueled by the “promise of part-time employment, a pleasant...http://www.newser.com/story/50136/reality-bites-starbucks-fantasy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Feb 2009 15:41:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48746/inkheart-better-on-the-page.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen it comes to the kids-lit adaptation Inkheart , fans are probably better off sticking to the book, say critics. Brendan Fraser stars as a father with the power to bring characters off the page to life, but the special-effects-driven movie fails to capture the "dark whimsy" of the best-selling original,...http://www.newser.com/story/48746/inkheart-better-on-the-page.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Jan 2009 10:33:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48655/lesbian-fictions-hot-new-stars-secret-service-agents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSecret Service agents have become popular protagonists in lesbian romance mysteries because they embody traits readers covet, June Thomas writes for Slate. "They are the ultimate strong, silent type—they fade into the background without hiding, they keep their mouths shut, and they have your back," she observes. "Since our...http://www.newser.com/story/48655/lesbian-fictions-hot-new-stars-secret-service-agents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 14:32:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/27629/narnia-still-casts-a-spell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian returns to the fantasyland 1,300 years after The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe , and all is not well in the kingdom. The "darker, more conventional, and more crisply made" follow-up features "more clashing swords than all the Robin Hood movies put together,...http://www.newser.com/story/27629/narnia-still-casts-a-spell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 May 2008 8:59:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20747/dungeons-dragons-co-creator-dead-at-69.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWidely revered Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax, regarded as the father of role-playing games, has died at his home in Wisconsin after years of health problems, AP reports. He was 69. Together with Dave Arneson, Gygax created the massively popular medieval fantasy Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 that struck...http://www.newser.com/story/20747/dungeons-dragons-co-creator-dead-at-69.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Mar 2008 3:29:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19091/spiderwick-delivers-thrills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCritics by and large are enchanted with The Spiderwick Chronicles . It's "a well-crafted family thriller that is truly scary and doesn't wimp out," writes Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times . The fantasy, based on the best-selling books, follows twins (played by Freddie Highmore) and their sister ( In America's Sarah...http://www.newser.com/story/19091/spiderwick-delivers-thrills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 Feb 2008 14:57:13 CST