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James Enge lives in northwest Ohio with his wife and a philosophic dog-detective. He teaches Latin and mythology at a medium-sized public university. His stories (frequently featuring Morlock Ambrosius) have appeared in Black Gate , in the Stabby-Award-winning Blackguards , in Tales from the Magicians's Skull , in F&SF , and elsewhere. His first novel, Blood of Ambrose was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2010 and its French translation was shortlisted for the Prix Imaginales in 2011.

Look for more Morlock stories this year in Tales from the Magician's Skull and Old Moon Quarterly .

You can reach James Enge on Twitter (as jamesenge) or, if all else fails, via (jamesenge.com). ...more

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Wearing the Mask

I’m rereading Seneca’s De Beneficiis, using Kaster’s shiny new OCT edition, and came across this crunchy line:

hanc personam induisti: agenda est.
—Seneca, De Beneficiis 2.17.2
“You’ve put on this mask; you have to act out the part.”

relief carvings of Roman theatrical masks: two comic, two possibly tragic

relief carvings of Roman theatrical masks;
currently in the Vatican Museums;
photo © 2008 by James Enge

Seneca’s line is almost a baseball conditional. Although, s

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Average rating: 3.75 · 5,194 ratings · 640 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors

	Blood of Ambrose (Morlock Ambrosius, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 899 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wolf Age (Morlock Ambrosius, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travellers' Rest (Morlock Ambosius, #0.5) 3.45 avg rating — 384 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Crooked Way (Morlock Ambrosius, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Guile of Dragons (A Tournament of Shadows, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wrath-Bearing Tree (A Tournament of Shadows, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wide World's End (A Tournament of Shadows, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ambrosii: Three Stories 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsters: Four Stories 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wintry Mix: Four Stories 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In summary: this is a classic of midcentury science fiction. It's an episodic novel made up of 8 stories (a ninth was added later), connected by a frame narrative that pretends to be scholarly notes written by a dog in the far future. It's pretty wei ...more
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James Enge liked Steve's review of Chain of Death: "An unusual adventure for The Shadow, where he battles a criminal organization linked in an unbroken chain the reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, one group proposing crime another group commits. Chain of Death hails from mid-1930s" Read more of this review »
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This is maybe the best run of any comic book that I've read: an electrifying new vision of Wonder Woman and her relationship to the Greek pantheon that tells a ripping yarn. It stands largely apart from the usual suspects in the DC universe, and that ...more
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James Enge made a comment in the group Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" — What are you currently reading? topic " Rereading Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword , with Moorcock's The Citadel of Forgotten Myths high on the TBR stack. ...more "
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“Maybee there is no guile here," Deor suggested. "Perhaps it is just a group of dragons who have come together to raid the hold."
"The diffirence? if they pretend to cooperate ... they must cooperate to pretend. It would be worse than a guile.”
― James Enge, A Guile of Dragons

tags: dragons, dwarfism, humur

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“Empty your mind of lies.
Fill your mind with truth.
Nothing is beyond understanding.”
― James Enge, This Crooked Way

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“Kindness can kill.
Enmity can heal.
Surgeon and destroyer both wield sharp blades.”
― James Enge, This Crooked Way

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Vote for the Nov-Dec Groupread theme. We'll have the top two themes, and they'll be based on names of authors and cover artists. Bonus street cred goes to folks who pick books that have both cover artists and author sharing names.

Michael: Anything by Michael Moorcock, or cover art by Michael Whelan. Any other Michael's are fair game too

6 votes, 20.7%

William: How about some classics by William Hope Hodgson or William Morris?

5 votes, 17.2%

Catherine: C.L. Moore or anything with a Catherine" Jeffrey Jones cover.

3 votes, 10.3%

James; James Enge or James A. Moore would work

3 votes, 10.3%

Charles:Charles R. Saunders or Charles Moll (did some Moorcock covers)

2 votes, 6.9%

John: John Jakes plus John Duillo (artist on Conan of the Isles, Conan the Freebooter, Conan the Wanderer)

2 votes, 6.9%

Andrew: Andrew J. Offutt and Howard Andrew Jones

2 votes, 6.9%

"Quillifer" by Walter Jon Williams (write-in)

2 votes, 6.9%

Robert:
Robert Lynn Asprin or Robert E. Howard or Robert Gould (did some Elric/MM covers)

1 vote, 3.4%

Raymond: Raymond E. Feist and Ray Bradbury and covers by Raymond Swanland

1 vote, 3.4%

Michael Whelan, and specifically with Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archeive)

1 vote, 3.4%

Raymond

1 vote, 3.4%

Beth: Elizabeth Moon or Elizabeth Bear

0 votes, 0.0%

Julie:J.V. Jones or Boris Vellejo's partner in art : Julie Bell

0 votes, 0.0%

Jan: Janet E. Morris and C. J. Cherryh (J = Janice), and Janny Wurts

0 votes, 0.0%

29 total votes

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James’s Quotes

“Good evening, Lord Corwin,' said the lean, cadaverous figure who rested against a storage rack, smoking his pipe, grinning around it.
Good evening, Roger. How are things in the nether world?'
A rat, a bat, a spider. Nothing much else astir. Peaceful.'
You enjoy this duty?'
He nodded.
I am writing a philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity. I work on those parts down here.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Hand of Oberon

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