sean guynes (@guynes.bsky.social)

I continue my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series with the first official novel in the series: Fletcher Pratt's THE BLUE STAR. Originally published in 1952, this is an impressive novel about power and gender (though it's not without its problems), and a great start to the BAF series proper.

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Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “The Blue Star” by Fletcher Pratt The twelfth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Fletcher Pratt’s The Blue Star (1952), an impressive, short novel of “rational” fantasy about power… https://seanguynes.com/2026/01/09/baf-blue-star/

about 1 month ago