![]() ![]() Some, like Joe Abercrombie, have embraced the term (his Twitter handle is Others see it as a dismissive term for fantasy that's dismantling tropes, a stamp unfairly applied. Martin? Kameron Hurley? Shakespeare? - and whether the nickname is a useful genre marker or just a needle. But there are arguments over who fits the definition - George R.R. It's become shorthand for a subgenre of fantasy fiction that claims to trade on the psychology of those sword-toting heroes, and the dark realism behind all those kingdom politics. "Well, irony really does better unelaborated, but if you insist."Īh, grimdark. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Dark Defiles Author Richard K. ![]()
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